Fixing a large salvaged LED emergency light.

Yeah that's what I tend to see most, although newer buildings are starting to use the style Clive has in the video, but only in specific locations, like the stairwells where you need to bathe the area in light, not just narrow beams.

Dustin

In north America that style is quite rare. Most installations use emerg light fixtures similar to this: <a href="http://www.mulelighting.com/product/lx.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.mulelighting.com/product/lx.jpg</a>

PileOfStuff

What about two microphones wired in parallel and reversed polarity to each other to cancel the wind noise? Granted, you would get best results with them perpendicular to the wind direction, but they should work, in theory.

Andrew Sloniger

I've been thinking about doing that as the outdoor light is ideal for larger objects before they get dismantled on the bench. One slight issue so far is wind noise, because it can get very blustery here. I may have to make a furry microphone cover.

Big Clive

Forgot to say: I'd love to see more videos outside like the beginning of this and your Manx Buggane video.

Andrew Sloniger

The Uni-T is the lowest I've seen so far, on a price to performance ratio. It's actually the first really affordable DC clamp meter I've seen. A group of hackers in Russia has also discovered that you can tweak its modes and ranges by reprogramming a common memory chip in it, so that makes it even better.

Big Clive

Anyone seen a similar clamp meter for measuring low range DC current under the UNI-T 210E's $30 price tag? Or this as cheap as it gets?

Andrew Sloniger

You wont find them at home supply companies, but all general electrical distributors will have them as they are a common item. eBay will probably have some of the smaller ones, and possibly Amazon too.

Big Clive

Well what I mean more is, can you find it without having to pull out a "super-secret" commercial catalog only given out to electricians and large building management companies? This looks like the kind of unit you find in stair wells. I haven't seen anything like this in the "big box" stores like Home Depot or Lowes, etc., they only seem to carry the very common, small, two light, 6V or 12V lead acid, wall mounted units.

Dustin

Built in cat's-whisker detectors.

Not even for the cat's-whiskers.

Emergency lights are a standard product required in almost all buildings. they're not too expensive to buy, although most are smaller units than these.

Big Clive

Are these available to consumers? I'd love to put one over my electrical panel in the garage so that when I go to hook up the generator I can see what the hell I'm switching on or off, and maybe one elsewhere in the house so I'm not stubbing my toes on my way TO the garage.

Dustin

Cats know shocking things. ;)

I've heard they contain cat6e ethernet cable. I mean the internet is said to be made of cats, so...

iamdarkyoshi

KITTENS! Dont take them apart, though,,,

Cats and old school electronics... My favorite channel

Erik Broeders

Those pesky cats are always telling me how to do my job.

Big Clive

The cat obviously knew what was wrong all along :). Nice to see something broken revivied

Phil Collins

"And this is a G&amp;T" Laughed out loud :). Well done.