LED SPOTLIGHT Harbor Freight hand crank generator flashlight

This LED spotlight contains a hand crank generator that charges the flashlight in an emergency. I have owned this light for 3 months, use it every night and have yet to use the electrical power charger. The crank keeps it fresh. Not being paid for this video:-) Just a cool light from Harbor Freight. This is a great light to have as a backup.

http://www.harborfreight.com/16-led-hand-crank-spotlight-96141.html

Light Source
16, 12000 MCD LED's
Construction
Body: Silver Polypropylene plastic, Lens Bumper: black rubber, Rear Bumper: black rubber, Handle: black polypropylene plastic with black rubber grip, Trigger: black plastic
AC/DC Adapter Input
120 V~, 60 Hz, 7 W
AC/DC Adapter Output
9 VDC, 300 mA
Rechargeable Battery
3FM 2.8, constant voltage charge, cycle use: 7.2-7.5V, standby use: 6.75-6.9V
LED Indicators
Green (charged) Red (charging)
Charging Time
12 Hours
Approximate Run Time (fully charged)
High Intensity Mode-12 hours; Low Intensity Mode-28 hours
Overall Dimensions
8-5/8" L x 3-5/16" W x 9" H

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SPOTLIGHT
• LED
• LIGHT
• EMITTING
• DIODE
• HARBOR
• FREIGHT
• FLASHLIGHT
• SOLAR
• POWER
• ALTERNATIVE
• ENERGY
• SURVIVAL
• LAMP

[djoanzoc]

Thx for being there as human as can possibly be God bless you and your wife I wish you 2 a great llife and hope to life so happy one day! P'eace

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@djoanzoc Thank you for the great comment:-) Peace

[theeastwatch]

how many lumes, how much $?

-TEW

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@theeastwatch $17.99 I do not know the lumens.

[keyofdavid888]

@Arikiel Exactly. I'm trying to prepare for the upcoming ZA too and thought this would be neat until he said "battery" and that kinda got me thinking.

Think I'll stick with glow sticks! 

[Arikiel]

Not being dependent on batteries would be really handy during the zombie apocalypse... or after an earthquake knocks out the power if you want to be mundane about it.

[froshmasta]

Dan,

It must be flashlight season or something. I just finished brewing up a flashlight out of recycled cordless drill parts. It's certainly not as green as this one with the hand-crank but I thought you might get a kick out of it anyway. I've added it as a video response to this video. Keep up the good edu-tainment that you folks produce!

[uttershock]

The problem I had with my hand crank flashlight is it contains a battery, similar to the one you are showing here. If you don't crank it or plug it in often enough, the internal battery dies and if it's a lithium battery, it will not come back to life, defeating the purpose of it. Mine is now junk as a flashlight, but I did manage to open it up and solder some wires onto the generator and drilled a small access hole in it , and can use it to charge a rechargeable battery in an emergency.

[bodryn]

@romorris How about with REPLACEABLE rechargeable batteries?  Like AAs or Cs.

[bodryn]

@Asymmatrix Aw, come on. He has good videos. I think it's fine for him to identify himself in all his videos, especially for all the new viewers who find his stuff. 

[bodryn]

@ScoutCrafter I totally agree. I stay away from anything that uses rechargeable batteries, especially the built in ones. I've had it with them.

[ScoutCrafter]

Another great video Dan, however I gave up on anything that has an internal battery. When battery goes, generator is useless. These lights last a couple years then are trash. Great light for the money but like everything else made today built with planned obsolesence.