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Xmas has gone and money in short supply i made myself some tiplights for next to nothing
I like to tinker about with anything, and ive come up with a tip light which i made and tried out and it really does work.
Firstly i went to my local 99p shop and found a pack of 4 lighters with small lights built in.
Just unscrew the tiny screw and slide the light section out..
next get a pen top and cut it down to the size so that when the bulb is pushed into the pen top the bulb is just sticking out.
now when you push the bulb into the pen top, because its cone shaped and it gets smaller, as it gets tighter the metal tag is pushed down together and it forms a switch,(theres no soldering or anything) and the bulb lights up. don’t force it in too much or you will have trouble pulling it out
there are 2 plastic prongs on the bulb at the back which you can use them to pull the bulb out.
you now can tape the the pen tip to your rod end or break the plastic off the pen tip and just tape the cone bit on..
hey presto a tip light for nothing and you still have 4 working lighters
I tried them out last night and they worked fine, it was just getting dark and not pitch black.
Sean
Good idea, how long do you reckon the batteries would last?
Cheers