Comments on: How to make a faucet night light http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ike Dahlinger http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683572 Ike Dahlinger Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683572 Makes me want to cannibalize an existing plug in LED night that would do this. Got several of them just sitting around. Heck, you can even get LED Light bulbs for standard night lights you could gut for this. adding a switch to the knob would be quite nice. Makes me want to cannibalize an existing plug in LED night that would do this. Got several of them just sitting around. Heck, you can even get LED Light bulbs for standard night lights you could gut for this.

adding a switch to the knob would be quite nice.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683378 sam1148 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683378 Unless you're really good at electrical, and know insulation well. Plugging a copper fitting thingy into a socket would be a bad idea.  Unless you’re really good at electrical, and know insulation well. Plugging a copper fitting thingy into a socket would be a bad idea. 

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683350 timquinn Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683350 Hmpf, makes my faucet that looks like a lamp seem pretty damn silly in retrospect. Hmpf, makes my faucet that looks like a lamp seem pretty damn silly in retrospect.

]]> By: Ry4an http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683337 Ry4an Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683337 Without a resistor wouldn't that be running incredibly hot and killing the batteries very quickly? Without a resistor wouldn’t that be running incredibly hot and killing the batteries very quickly?

]]> By: tempo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683335 tempo Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683335 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> By: judkis http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683331 judkis Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683331 this idea's very interesting,i enjoy it then! this idea’s very interesting,i enjoy it then!

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683315 Finnagain Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683315  Can't we just use tiny water wheel technology?  Can’t we just use tiny water wheel technology?

]]> By: otherthings http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683310 otherthings Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683310 Poison sockets are full of poison! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2gqThOfHu4 Poison sockets are full of poison!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2gqThOfHu4

]]> By: . http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683296 . Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683296 Fun looking, and agreed about the handle should be the on-off-dim switch.  But batteries?  Really? Come on. Those puny watch cells are only good for about 50 mAh: At the 10-20 mA the LED eats the cells won't last a single night. Novelty use only... Fun looking, and agreed about the handle should be the on-off-dim switch.  But batteries?  Really? Come on. Those puny watch cells are only good for about 50 mAh: At the 10-20 mA the LED eats the cells won’t last a single night. Novelty use only…

]]> By: karl_jones http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683285 karl_jones Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683285 Definitely must be turn-the-handle switch.  That's a must.  Water on, light on.  Water off, light off.  Dimmer in between. It's so simple, a child could do it! Also, the faucet must be anchored to the wall using proper plumbing fasteners -- whatever Plumbers use, I dunno -- sunk deep into the wall stud or masonry.  None of this "3M Strips" junk (which aren't even in the parts list, don't appear until the final page).  Only the finest brass fittings for my nephew!  (You have to ask yourself:  would Captain Nemo settle for 3M Strips?) Definitely must be turn-the-handle switch.  That’s a must.  Water on, light on.  Water off, light off.  Dimmer in between. It’s so simple, a child could do it!

Also, the faucet must be anchored to the wall using proper plumbing fasteners — whatever Plumbers use, I dunno — sunk deep into the wall stud or masonry.  None of this “3M Strips” junk (which aren’t even in the parts list, don’t appear until the final page).  Only the finest brass fittings for my nephew!  (You have to ask yourself:  would Captain Nemo settle for 3M Strips?)

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683278 Nonentity Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683278 Making this with a battery-powered LED definitely looks a lot safer than homebrewing this with a normal power socket! There's got to be a good way to make the batteries easier to swap out, though. Making this with a battery-powered LED definitely looks a lot safer than homebrewing this with a normal power socket!

There’s got to be a good way to make the batteries easier to swap out, though.

]]> By: PrettyBoyTim http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/how-to-make-a-faucet-night-lig.html#comment-1683257 PrettyBoyTim Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219702#comment-1683257 It's very cool, but it would have been cooler if you could turn on/off/dim the light by turning the handle! It’s very cool, but it would have been cooler if you could turn on/off/dim the light by turning the handle!

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