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FiatFan Wrote:Is this also what happens to the light when you turn off the light switch?
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Nope - Let's say the light at the end of the tunnel was someone with a torch bringing you some more work to do - when he turns it off it all goes back into the battery - I thought everybody knew that!
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shortliner Wrote:Nope - Let's say the light at the end of the tunnel was someone with a torch bringing you some more work to do - when he turns it off it all goes back into the battery - I thought everybody knew that!
Is that where rechargeable batteries come from???
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Ordinary batteries die because, if they aren't used, the light slowly leaks out of the minute holes and joins in the metal casing around the outside. Rechargable batteries are different - look at an AAA size or AA size one - on the top is a little round knob sometimes marked with a + sign. If you are lucky a leccy store will have suitable size keys for sale ( different size keys fit the different size batteries) but they may be sold out because the keys are in very high demand. You take the key, place it over the knob, and wind it up clock-wise - it normally takes between 100 -200 full turns to wind the clockwork spring behind the light reservoir to get it wound tight enough - but once that's done you are good to go! They also sell "chargers" that you plug into a wall socket, but that is for lazy or weak people, just to power the motor in the charger unit that winds up the battery for you - so you don't get aching wrists, and people give you knowing looks when you complain about it! :o
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shortliner Wrote:Ordinary batteries die because, if they aren't used, the light slowly leaks out of the minute holes and joins in the metal casing around the outside. Rechargable batteries are different - look at an AAA size or AA size one - on the top is a little round knob sometimes marked with a + sign. If you are lucky a leccy store will have suitable size keys for sale ( different size keys fit the different size batteries) but they may be sold out because the keys are in very high demand. You take the key, place it over the knob, and wind it up clock-wise - it normally takes between 100 -200 full turns to wind the clockwork spring behind the light reservoir to get it wound tight enough - but once that's done you are good to go! They also sell "chargers" that you plug into a wall socket, but that is for lazy or weak people, just to power the motor in the charger unit that winds up the battery for you - so you don't get aching wrists, and people give you knowing looks when you complain about it! :o
That's true to a point for some batteries. I ordered a battery charger off the Net for my "Non-windup" batteries and when I got it, well, it was half of a bicycle with the crank attached to two leads that you clamped on to a battery. For 1.5 volt batteries, you simply peddled at a low speed for about an hour. 12 volt batteries require you to peddle at a speed of around 10 miles an hour for a bit longer. It had a quick charge mode where you really put the peddle to the metal. At that point, you find it less tiring to just walk to the nearest Ace Hardware store and buy a new battery.
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Sorry - that won't work - the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off because of the budgie cusses, and the light has all gone back into the battery as I explaind earlier! Not sure if luminous paint might solve the problem ? Putting the battery in a bowl of Gern flux might keep the light in for 3% longer though.
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We can all stop worrying. The budget cuts also affected the personnel, and it has been determined that the temporary position for the guy who was supposed to go around turning off the lights wasn't funded and therefore was never filled! An executive level decision was therefore made to allow the lights to simply burn out on their own. In electrical terms, the absence of the worker who didn't make his rounds resulted in a "broken circuit" and things then followed "the path of least resistance"! This is truly an illuminating lesson.
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