Clock with a backlight from a garden flashlight

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The idea is to illuminate the watch dial at night with the help of a filling from a garden flashlight. A LED lamp and a solar battery are used as a power source. The latter is charged during the day, and at night gives up the stored energy to the LED.

Materials: solar-powered garden flashlight, clock, metal plate, double-sided tape, threaded sleeve (from an old chandelier).

Instruments: screwdriver or drill, drill bits for metal 6.8.10 mm and scissors for metal, glue gun.

From the garden flashlight, we remove the entire filling and place it in a new case, which will become the watch case. It will take a little alteration: install a solar panel on top of the watch at a certain angle.

From the plate we make a rotary holder for the solar battery, so that you can direct it to the sunlight. We glue the solar battery to the plate with double-sided tape and bend it at an angle of 45 degrees. Pull the wires into the sleeve, which will connect the plate to the watch case. We drill holes from above in the watch case and insert the sleeve, fasten with nuts.

On top of the dial, we also drill a hole for the LED. Solder all the wires into the circuit as before. We glue all wires with a battery and a board to the watch case so that they do not interfere with the clockwork during its operation. Putting the case together.

When the clock is located on the windowsill, the solar charge lasts for 8-10 hours of work at night.

So a small alteration of the old watch brought great benefit!

December 13, 2016 00:14 0

Reply To quote A complaint

It’s not so much a matter of appearance (you can beat it by imagining it as an antenna :)), but the fact that by falling asleep by hitting the call stop button, you can accidentally demolish the SB.

December 12, 2016 21:33 Author 0

Thanks for the comments. I agree that the Security Council spoils the appearance, but there was no free space on the back wall. Grandma likes homemade work!

December 11, 2016 22:35 0

Inspired ... The alarm clock was similar in shape, only bigger and was called "Amber" ...

December 11, 2016 22:28 +2

And in my childhood I had an alarm clock in which it broke ... in fact, an alarm clock. (There, remember, your mechanism was with its own spring. This drum flew. It was not fixed in a tense state). There was a bell inside, on which the hammer knocked, so I threw it away, and put a “crown” in its place. The 6.3 Volta light bulb was slipped inside from under the bent edge of the cardboard dial (the alarm clock was square), and arranged switching from the top button, which stopped the alarm. I remember that the wiring was screwed to the button itself (it was spring-loaded), and I was wise at something with layers of chocolate wire and foil in the place where it was touched when pressed. And the cartridge for the light bulb made of cork from toothpaste (full), for which "let me give you a lyule"!
At first use, it turned out that the light in the corner shines more in the eye than on the dial.)))). The next day, I glued foil to the square glass of the alarm clock, leaving only a circle for the dial, and closing the corners. To get the foil, I stole a chocolate from my grandmother ... And again, "I got the lyuley")))))))

But terribly proud !!! He showed his friends and before falling asleep, watched many times what time it was! )))))

December 11, 2016 15:25 0

I set +, but I would constructively do it a little differently: fastening to the back wall and so that the SB does not protrude beyond the upper dimension.

Clock with a backlight from a garden flashlight

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