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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 get the bulb!
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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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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 PMnorthernmagnet 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
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
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 ;-(
Apr 29, 2007. 5:45 PMSgt.Waffles says:
Pretty sure those bulbs are $1.37 for a three pack at walmart.
Apr 30, 2007. 2:53 AMjosh92176 says:
I get mine for $0.0495 each here
Apr 30, 2007. 7:28 AMSgt.Waffles says:
Ah, how precise =P
Apr 29, 2007. 6:39 PMMagnelectrostatic says:
you could replace the bulb with an led and buy an FM radio
Apr 29, 2007. 10:23 AMacaz93 says:
actually you can find those bulbs @ radioshack

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