Date:         Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:40:53 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: LED Flash light
Comments: To: zolo <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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At 09:26 PM 9/24/2003, zolo wrote:
>I always wanted to get some kind of simple light to see the keyboard on my
>laptop in the night.  I thought of something like what they have on the
>planes that you can turn and direct it around where you need it.
>Now I figured out what I will use.  I just bought those thin LED flash
>lights the other day and it just fits into the upper bed support's rubber
>folding, because it is really a penlight.  It is guaranteed for 100 000
>hours on one battery.  That means nearly twelve years non-stop use, or a
>full life time if you use it a lot, like two hours a day or so, I guess.

Take another look <g> -- the LED is rated 100,000 hours life.  The life of
a battery will depend on the flashlight, but is likely to be between half
an hour and 100 hours.

;-)
david

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