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| Thread ID: 101346 | 2009-07-10 13:45:00 | Cells leaked in torch - TWICE in 2 weeks | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
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| 790727 | 2009-07-12 23:04:00 | Is the problem that you are trying to ignite the batteries? I would guess that any battery would leak when so treated. :mad: Torches are flame-producing devices (oxy-acetylene-, propane-, butane-. nuclear-, etc) FLASHLIGHTS on the other hand - use batteries. TORCH: # a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance # common mullein: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches (we call them "punks" in the US). # flashlight: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp # to burn maliciously (verb), as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" # blowtorch: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 790728 | 2009-07-12 23:23:00 | Flashlights are often attached to cameras but for some reason we find they only give a heap of light for a short time. Go learn English as she is spoke here. :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 790729 | 2009-07-12 23:42:00 | Flashlights are rather fancy lamps (i.e., an HID lamp fitted to a pushbike.) We have punks here, but dipping them in tallow and lighting them is largely discouraged under the noise control regulations. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 790730 | 2009-07-13 00:03:00 | Apparently Yanks use 'flashlights' to communicate with each other by morse code .... Fortunately our comms technology in NZ has advanced beyond that :nerd: |
seltsam (13470) | ||
| 790731 | 2009-07-13 00:39:00 | And here was me thinking more along the lines of smoke signals. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 790732 | 2009-07-13 02:12:00 | I blame Terry for taking this off-topic... | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 790733 | 2009-07-13 02:28:00 | I blame Terry for taking this off-topic... :) "The name flashlight is used mainly in the United States and Canada. In other English-speaking countries, the more common term is torch or electric torch." en.wikipedia.org However, we also used the words flashlight or flashlamps as kids in Birmingham 60/70 years ago, so it wasn't just a transatlantic expression. A bit more.......... Joe Lucas used to make excellent acetylene bicycle lamps, they could flash at times too... Bicycle lamps, you know, or maybe you dont, those that fitted on a bracket on the steering head, and took 3 volt double Leclanche cells with brass strip connections, we also called flashlamps. Then after the war the ex-govt. surplus market was flooded with ex army khaki coloured flashlights which had red and green filters that could be slid over the lens. They had buttons for morse code signalling To finish off.....Bunny Berigan with Bix Beiderbecke's 'Flashes' (www.jazz-on-line.com) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 790734 | 2009-07-13 03:21:00 | Getting back on topic; it could be that the bulb is heating the top contacts to the point where the cells leak, or the bulb is loose, maybe sparking slightly. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 790735 | 2009-07-13 03:40:00 | If I ever get an acetylene bicycle, rest assured, Joe Lucas will be on my mind should I ever require some daylight-only lamps. Lucas made the first fire extinguisher during their long and fruitless search for a way to make a car ignition system. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 790736 | 2009-07-13 03:41:00 | Getting back on topic; it could be that the bulb is heating the top contacts to the point where the cells leak, or the bulb is loose, maybe sparking slightly. None of those are remotely possible for causing a cell to leak. Modern cells can be run dead flat and left for yonks without leaking. It's most likely a coincidence of having two initially faulty cells on the trot. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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