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Old 25-09-2015, 02:47 AM
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That's great Bruce . Wow, $5 ? !!! Bargain.
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Old 25-09-2015, 07:48 AM
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Check your Kmarts now....
6 Astronaut usb lights left at Forster nsw as of yesterday.
clearance....$ 5.00 each.

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Old 25-09-2015, 10:02 AM
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KMart Toowong had a few but not any longer. They will make ideal "doggie treats" for the engineers at work

Excellent catch, PeterM!
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Old 25-09-2015, 11:04 AM
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That's great Bruce . Wow, $5 ? !!! Bargain.
Yeah they are cheap at twice the price.
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Old 25-09-2015, 02:58 PM
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Awesome! Will pick one up today if any left in stock
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Old 25-09-2015, 07:15 PM
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Picked last 2 at Loganholme $5 each. None at Browns Plains.
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Old 26-09-2015, 11:48 PM
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I got mine from K-Mart at Garden City today for $5. They only had 5 left and I bought 3 - the other 2 will make good Xmas pressies.
Hehe goes nicely with my Veil Nebula keyboard decals Click image for larger version

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So i picked up one of these from ebay a while ago. Ive only had time to pull it apart today and it wasnt too difficult.

I swapped in two 5mm Red LEDs (500mcd) with a 100ohm resistor. The board is in a parallel setup.

I'm gonna be using it to light up my eyepiece case as i've got a USB powerbank in there.
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Old 18-02-2016, 04:29 PM
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Cool!
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Old 18-02-2016, 04:59 PM
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I got one for Fathers Day last year. They are very bright. Not $5 or $10 though:

http://www.coolthings.com.au/astro-light-usb.html
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