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You can keep an eye on their specials on the website as well.

we got 2 from our local pound shop in stretford and seem quite good,but havent tried them camping yet,only lit up the garage.we might get a couple more coz pound shops tend to buy in a few hundred of something then when theyre gone thats it.whilst we were there we did buy a couple of things to stick on the flagpole.always have a quick mooch in there when we see one.

   lynles

Quote: Originally posted by Drunkula on 23/9/2007

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I bought five of the lights supplied by Poundland,a and they are brilliant - but in the wrong way! There's no limiting resistor inside so the leds are really overdriven making them hot, and inevitibly a few will start flickering and burn out with only a few hours use.   It also chews up the batteries giving you nothing like the 30 hour lifespan you'd expect. It runs really hot and wipes out a set of modern rechargeables in about an hour... unless you get your soldering iron out.

 

Maybe the Netto or Morrisons versions have regulating circuitry inside them.

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i had several from robert dyas that behaved just like that!

i took them back and  finally got a couple that didn't overheat.. although i gave up using rechargeables as i thought that may have been the problem.

Quote: Originally posted by Angu2you on 29/9/2007

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£4 from Ebay, no burn out, and I get 20 odd hours at full blat from rechargeable batteries.

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Quote: Originally posted by Angu2you on 06/10/2007

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Found it! This is the one I bought, from the seller I bought from. Can't fault it. This is the Ebay item number, 280159121490

Click Here

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from LINCOLNSHIRE, United Kingdom, which seems a bit less risky than hong kong.

i think i'll get one of those.