LED Dynamo Flashlight: tuning and repairs – July 2011

Long before the idea of this website ever occurred to us, as a result of our mutual interest for ecological illumination (along with many other interests), we changed a LED flashlight with dynamo, a very cheap model, but whose performances we improved. Now, because of an accident, this flashlight had to be fixed – and it also got to be the subject of this article.

The history of the defect/ accident

The LED flashlight fell apart as a result of its smashing against concrete(*) – falling from about 1.2 m high – and all its guts spread all over the place, but, lucky us, they were all recovered. Continue reading “LED Dynamo Flashlight: tuning and repairs – July 2011”

Electric School Project Oct 2010

For all those who have kids in school, their homework and especially DIY projects can be either a real ordeal or an opportunity to have fun with the juniors. No matter if we want to watch a game or get more involved in politics, at the end of the day, after we’ve passed our DNA on, we can also see whether we managed to transmit some know-how along…

The initial homework

When the task says “Do (with your parents) a project on electricity…”, there’s a large variety of options and, from the educator’s point of view, Continue reading “Electric School Project Oct 2010”