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emeritus · 29th Oct 2016, 9:45 pm

I did something similar with a 1970's Ever-Ready front cycle lamp, the plastic type taking 2 x U2 cells with a bar and two bolts for attachment to the metal front lamp bracket of older bikes. As my journey to the station included a mile of unlit, unsurfaced, road and a poorly-lit tarmac path through the woods, I needed a light to see by rather than one to be seen, and fitted a 12V bulb powered by a rechargeable lead-acid battery that I kept in my briefcase. I didn't consider the effect of the extra heat on the plastic. It only melted the plastic threaded sleeve that holds the bulb in place, so the lamp did remain usable once the bulb was in position, but I replaced it with a metal front lamp from an old Miller dynamo set.

29th Oct 2016, 9:45 pm	#38
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,337	Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them? I did something similar with a 1970's Ever-Ready front cycle lamp, the plastic type taking 2 x U2 cells with a bar and two bolts for attachment to the metal front lamp bracket of older bikes. As my journey to the station included a mile of unlit, unsurfaced, road and a poorly-lit tarmac path through the woods, I needed a light to see by rather than one to be seen, and fitted a 12V bulb powered by a rechargeable lead-acid battery that I kept in my briefcase. I didn't consider the effect of the extra heat on the plastic. It only melted the plastic threaded sleeve that holds the bulb in place, so the lamp did remain usable once the bulb was in position, but I replaced it with a metal front lamp from an old Miller dynamo set.