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$1 to repair your flashlight and get a bonus FM radio receiver.

$1 to repair your flashlight and get a bonus FM radio receiver.

My favorite flashlight fell off the scaffold and broke its bulb. This kind of bulb is nowhere to find. In this instructable, I'll show you how I repaired my flashlight and get a bonus FM radio receiver. Hah hah...

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Step 1Go get the bulb!

Go to a one dollar shop like DOLLARAMA, buy a FM radio receiver with $1(taxes extra, of course). It has a bulb (3V) which doesn't have much use with the radio.

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18 comments

Jun 12, 2011. 3:47 AMsendoh277 says:

hmm wat's the point of this project.......

Sep 27, 2011. 5:56 PMOrkekum says:

to change from a normal bulb into a LED bulb

Jun 28, 2011. 6:43 PM-max- says:

i find those types of bulbs EVERYWHERE even a few LED versions

Dec 27, 2009. 7:04 PM

northernmagnet says:

why not add the radio in to the circuit its self? or take a thumb drive mp3 player cut a hole to view with and power it on the same battery i mean come on leds dont take that much power?

Feb 14, 2009. 8:37 AMmaurifix says:

I think that LEDs make the batteries last longer than bulbs, for me a good reason! Less chemicals in the world.

Jul 3, 2008. 7:53 PMmas9779 says:

instead of buying a bulb or pack of bulbs at the dollar store, you buy a radio that will brake and a take the led that if it was made for a circuit board probably wont last as long as you would think.

Dec 4, 2007. 5:14 PMGorillazMiko says:

did that little kid make this instructable haha

Dec 5, 2007. 7:52 AMTaotaoba (author) says:

He was the little helper. :-)

Oct 22, 2007. 8:39 PMGorillazMiko says:

I think they have those bulbs at RadioShack..

Dec 4, 2007. 5:06 PMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

yeah, but their in packs of 2 for almost $4

May 1, 2007. 10:54 AMTaotaoba (author) says:

Thanks for all the information. The problem is the Shipping & Handling fee may cost you over $5.

Apr 30, 2007. 1:43 AMironsmiter says:

Nice idea... and cheap/free to boot! Led's lend themselves to this pretty well too... can rip the led outa any old led device (even the remote, if you want a infrared flashlight). just use an inline resistor(of the appropriate value, so it doesn't pop on you) Sadly, this doesn't work well on single cell flashlights ;-(

May 1, 2007. 10:48 AMTaotaoba (author) says:

Yeah, LED is great because it is shock-proof. I may make one when the current bulb burns out. The regular LEDs is too dim to be practical. I need high power LED.