I used my Palight M6-2 for installing and connecting the 440 V contactor and over current protection plus the buttons and indication lights for a new little diesel pump inside a small electrical cabinet.
And for determining the level of bilge water in the engine room bilge wells this morning.
Three of us from the photo club were going up on the roof of a restaurant down town to take pictures of a street festival below. The attic was dimly lit and the lead of the group could not find the roof hatch handle at the top of the ladder. I reached in my camera bag and brought out my SK-68 clone. He was 20 feet above me, so I lit up his world and they were impressed. Good times.
I built myself an 80cri xm-l2 trustfire a8 clone (think its an aleto, its an ebay special) it uses a qlite driver.
This is my toolbox light at work and its perfect, small enough to drop in an overall top pocket, with a 26650 it gives enough run time by a long stretch, I used it today to check pipe and belt runs under sone refrigerated vehicles.
Tonight I took my stepson to rugby training, I took my 18sixfifty modded trj19 with me to “test out” I used it to give sone hapless innocent walker carrying sone aa torch a sun tan……
After visiting a friend I Had to catch the last bus late night last night. This particular bus stop is in a bottom of a long hill and hardly anyone is ever there. Bus drivers tend to just speed down the hill and not pay attention and just keep going. During the day I can catch their attention but at night its almost impossible.
So I used strobe mode on my EDC, pointed to the ground. Bus driver saw me and I was able to catch the last bus. He commented on how he was able to notice me from about a mile away. :cowboy_hat_face:
Between Christmas and New Year in Australia we have a 5-day, 404 km (250 mile) canoe marathon race on the Murray River. (Sadly after 45 years 2013 was the last one in this time slot).
Each team needs a "land crew" at designated checkpoints to bring in food/drink/sunscreen/extra clothing/etc. As a competitor, it can be difficult to find your land crew among the many people lining the river at the checkpoints.
I acted as land crew for a couple of friends in a double canoe and used my Armytek Predator in strobe mode to "signal" them from the bank. According to my team, they could quickly spot me from several hundred meters (yards) away, making it easy to paddle in to exactly the right point.
I usually have little use for strobes but apparently the Predator's long-throw beam profile was particularly well-suited in this case.
Often though, like others here have said, my lights are used indoors at night just navigating about the house or making pretty patterns on the wall while watching TV.
Very humid here because of cylcone, so mould start to creep everywhere. Used SKR to lightup inside and clean the wooden cupboard where the white stuff have started an invasion. I don’t know what you use to stop this mould from developing, but I have the idea that they don’t really like pure alcohol. looks like it kinda work better than just cleaning with a dry cloth.
Used a Roche F6 to move a dirt bike from an uninsuleted barn to an insulated barn, temp supposed to be 11 F tonight. It’s water cooled and didn’t put any antifreeze in it during last change.
I had volunteered to deliver some food to a few families about 30 min. drive from the city. I was given this old big heavy V10 van to drive since I don’t have a vehicle suitable for delivery. Fuel tank was empty so I stopped to get some gas. After spending a XinTD C8 V4 worth of money on gas (what can I say, I think in terms of flashlights when it comes to money :nerd_face: ) The beast wouldn’t start.
In the next hour or so having a flashlight was very helpful. I finally was able to diagnose a loose battery connection. I was very late making the deliveries.
Lessons learned:
-Seniors go to bed early and don’t really appreciate being woken up at midnight even if its for free grocery and prepared meals.
-a few hundred lumens might seem like a lot when indoors, but outside of town with no street lights one needs a lot more power. A throwy light helps to see all those street signs and numbers in the distance.
-V10 powered vans use a lot more gas than you think. I might need a part time job just so I can keep up with this volunteer work. :bigsmile: