cheap flashlight catches fire (WTH?!! How can something as simple as a flashlight be screwed up this badly)
zeez
When you put a battery in a flashlight the flashlight shouldn't start
burning. One my son brought home from a birthday party did.
It came from Target -- three for $1 in a package marketing them for
Halloween. I dropped in a new Energizer battery, screwed on the top
and the flashlight got warm right away. I shut off the flashlight and
placed it on the kitchen table. A few minutes later a sizzling sound
could be heard that we couldn't identify. The burning smell quickly
led us to the flashlight, which was now smoking and melting from the
heat. I grabbed an oven mitt, grabbed the flashlight and went out on
the balcony and shoved it into a pot of dirt.
woodveery
My 4 year old was given a small flashlight from a local autoparts
chain. A week later my son turned it on and off while I was driving
and informed me it was on fire in his hand. It was spewing a sizeable
cloud of smoke and caused a near accident as I tried to get it away
from him and out of the car. About 25% melted. I now stay away from
any unknown electronics.
Rod Speed
So you posted that using chiselled stone eh ?
dejablues
"zeez" <blinking...@gmail.com> found this lame story on the internet
and pretended it really happened to her , and even wxpected readers would
click on a link called walletpop!?!?! WTF!
so "
is message
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> http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/10/01/halloween-flashlights-ignite-target-pulls-them-from-shelves-aft/
>
> When you put a battery in a flashlight the flashlight shouldn't start
> burning. One my son brought home from a birthday party did.
wahhhhhhh
Malcom "Mal" Reynolds
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woodveery <wood...@gmail.com> wrote:
or test them first?
Society
Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
RickMerrill
That's how...
Don Klipstein
>I'll bet it is a hallogen bulb: they can get VERY hot very quickly.
>
>That's how...
It was said earlier in this thread that these are extremely cheap
flashlights, 3 for a dollar IIRC. I doubt flashlights that cheap have
halogen bulbs. It sounds to me like a short.
- Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)
Rod Speed
> I'll bet it is a hallogen bulb: they can get VERY hot very quickly.
> That's how...
MUCH more likely it just shorted the battery.
Ed Stasiak
>
> When you put a battery in a flashlight the flashlight shouldn't start
> burning. One my son brought home from a birthday party did.
Free trade: Quality products at a cheaper price!
what could go wrong?….
Bert Hyman
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Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>> zeez
>>
>> When you put a battery in a flashlight the flashlight shouldn't start
>> burning. One my son brought home from a birthday party did.
>
> Free trade: Quality products at a cheaper price!
Free trade doesn't guarantee either quality or price, merely your
freedom to choose what you buy, and from whom.
> what could go wrong?�.
Your ability to tell that what you're buying is junk.
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN be...@iphouse.com
RickMerrill
> RickMerrill wrote:
>
>
>> That's how...
>
> MUCH more likely it just shorted the battery.
>
>
Certainly possible but I do have a halogen bulb in a BIG lantern
and even it gets pretty durn hot. Obviously something in the OP's
lamp was flamable, so the question is what-the-heck would the put in
a flashlight that could ignite and at what temperature would it flash?
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed wrote
>> RickMerrill wrote
>>> I'll bet it is a halogen bulb: they can get VERY hot very quickly.
>>> That's how...
>> MUCH more likely it just shorted the battery.
> Certainly possible
In fact much more likely given that it was a very cheap torch.
> but I do have a halogen bulb in a BIG lantern and even it gets pretty durn hot.
You dont even know that his torch has a halogen bulb.
In fact its unlikely that it does given that its a very cheap torch.
> Obviously something in the OP's lamp was flamable, so the question is what-the-heck would the put in a flashlight that
> could ignite
You havent established that it did ignite.
> and at what temperature would it flash?
You havent established that it did flash.
RickMerrill
Would you settle for "catches fire"?
Rod Speed
>>>>> That's how...
>>> Certainly possible
Nar, only wimps do stuff like that.
zeez
RickMerrill wrote:
> I'll bet it is a hallogen bulb: they can get VERY hot very quickly.
>
Look at where the flashlight melted. Flashlights are extremely simple
to make, so I wonder how the managed to foul up the design.
Rod Speed
Shorts are even easier in a cheap and nasty 'design', child.