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On 7/2/2006, Staff wrote:When we first got our hands on this product, we didn't believe that someone would come up with an idea of powering lamps by phone line. Well, the fun is that you don't pay for the power (or batteries) used, and since usually when electricity is out phone lines still work, it will light the dark during those emergencies. In my opinion, since it costs nothing to power and its LED bulbs lasts forever, its a great night lamp for any room. Better yet, when your phone rings, the lamp flashs giving you some extra visual feedbacks. When the phone line is in use, however, the light automatically switches itself off, possibly to prevent affecting voice quality of the line.
One side note: in some occasions the lamp (switched on) seems to interfere with the caller ID feature. We are unsure of whether this applies to all phones or not.
Update: now includes an AAA battery bay (at the bottom of the unit) so you can use it either stand-alone or with a phone line.
Pros: Nice little reading light...
Cons: But not as bright as I'd like.Also will NOT work from an American phone jack.
Other Thoughts: In the USA, ALL Telcos put out 60 volts AC from the phone jack. (8) paralleled LED's require 3.3 volts DC @ 20mA to light. This can NOT work from an American phone jack without installing an IN4008 diode and a 3.3K ohm resistor in series with the LED's.
Bottomline: I wound up installing a spare USB cable on it and power it from my laptop. In the end, went out and bought a desk lamp and put the LED's on a model airplane.
Pros: Good idea, but may work or not with your phone line, here worked a day, the other didn't work.... It has a "mouse" base, you need some extra weight to keep it up!!! also may work with batteries!!
Cons: bad base, may or not work in your phone line... also 3 batteries are too much!!!
Other Thoughts: There must be soem way to improve this, it's a good idea but does not work out of the box............................................................................................................................................................................
Bottomline: Buy to try, but do not expect it to work as a charm!!!!
Pros: - Works from the phone line - Decently bright (brighter on phone line than with batteries) - Build quality average. Doesn't feel like it'll break at any moment, but it still feels plasticky and the paint starts to flake off almost immediately
Cons: - The line is occupied whenever the light is on - Does not use the newer 20.000 mcd white LEDs - Too light if batteries not inserted: unstable even on its own, will be blown away by a gentle breeze - Short cable, will probably require phone line extension - Stock carbon-zinc cells are the cheapest, nastiest I've ever seen
Other Thoughts: Probably easy to mod with 20.000 mcd LEDs
Bottomline: An original idea. Good if you have an internet-only line with no phones, or if you don't care that the phone will be unusable when the light is on. Bad otherwise, as the free-power potential is its main selling point. There are better lights to use with batteries. Of note that even when there's no phone contract in effect most home phone lines are left powered anyway, and *should* be able to power the light fine.
Pros: Bright enough to shine on my book while not waking up my dorm mate. I had to use double sided tape to keep it from sliding around on my table but that is only because I like to bend it past its balance point
Cons: Mine does not always blink when i receive a call.
Other Thoughts: .
Bottomline: Could think of many uses, free power, low cost and fast shipping.
- Aluminum soft neck- Super white 8 LEDs light- Led bulb life:100,000 hours- Powered by any land phone line (and possibly VOIP line)- Can be optionally powered by 3 x AAA batteries- Phone still works when switched on- Automatically switches off when phone is in useLength:6.69 Height: 2.17 Width: 5.51 Weight: 2.29 ozLength: 17 cmHeight: 5.5 cmWidth:14 cmWeight: 65 g
Plug the phone cord into any land line outlet or phone line splitter. Then, push the ON/OFF toggle button to switch the lights on and off.
To power the light by AAA batteries, unplug the phone line cable from the light.
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