Harbor Freight Free Flash Light
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Topic: Harbor Freight Free Flash Light
Posted By: Dave H
Subject: Harbor Freight Free Flash Light
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 7:09pm
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Picked up a freebie the other day with purchase. Here to tell you that those little buggers have been completely redesigned. one bulb and they do throw a beam. Try it you will like it.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:21am
| most all of them, the switch breaks before the light parts |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:55am
| Wong, Fong and the rest of the boys are going high tech. Be all driving Cadarracs next. |
Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2019 at 5:28pm
| Brought one home had it sitting on the work bench thought I had turned it off. Must have shorted out it got so hot I couldn’t pick it up. Oh well what you want for free. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2019 at 7:16pm
| They sure don't waste any copper in the wires on them. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2019 at 11:22am
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Led's don't take much current to work. Like the new ones with the one strip light but the other ones work pretty good too. Have one in all the cab tractors and trucks. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2019 at 4:18pm
| What's them little LED's do if ya hook em up to 12V? I was gonna rig a couple up in my boat till I seen the hair like wires in them. |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 4:40pm
Right, there is supposed to be a thin plastic liner that keeps the battery from contacting the inside metal. If it slides down the outside of the bottom battery (neg) will conduct with the outside of the battery on top of it ,... which is touching the tip of the bottom one making it positive. SHORT!!! Easy fix. |
allis g wrote:Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 5:05pm
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Yeah toss it before you forget and put it in your glove compartment or someplace like that. I'm not one for flirtin with disaster and ya all know what I mean. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 6:08pm
Iff'n you hook 'em up to 12V, you'll get a real bright light that don't last long... THey run on 3 AAA batteries, in series, IIRR, that means 4.5V Max...
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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 8:36pm
 I get the feeling that HF kinda shares the same level of enthusiasm as E10 gas.Anyhow, I get along with both and liked the light so much that I bought another one yesterday.
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Posted By: Armand(AZ)
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2019 at 8:04am
| I've picked up a couple of the LED lights when free with a purchase. Decided to make a flexable metal holder on my small metal lathe. the magnet holds the light in place and I can grab it off to find that small piece that ended up on the floor when I cut it off!! |
Posted By: Greg_WJP_(WI)
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2019 at 8:48am
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