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I have some old-style bike lights; those of the non-LED, two D-cell variety. Recently I returned from the gym, forgot to extinguish the lights, and discovered the batteries were flat the next time I wanted to take the bike out. And so last week I bought rechargables for the lights so that if I let them run down again it wouldn't be quite the same costly endeavour.
Smart, except for the bit where I had left the shop (indeed, the vicinity of the shop) before remembering I didn't have a charger with slots big enough for D-cells. Two other shops later and I was still short a charger. Eventually I ended up back in the original shop, where I got me a charger which included, as I suspected it would, a pair of D-cells gratis. Gah. I guess they're my hot spares or something.
Fitted new batteries, cycled to gym, dismounted, discovered rear light wasn't working. After some fiddling, further discovered that the bulb had blown. The main reason I got batteries rather than new LED-based lights was that these lights were still functional. GAH.
This morning: called to a bike shop. They laughed. I kid you not. They didn't have anything that even looked like it'd fit my lights, so I went to the nearest Maplin store, where they had something appropriate, and three thereof. I said, "I'll take all three" (thinking ahead!). Guy returns from the storeroom with one single bulb, and says, "that's all we have". OH well.
I'm about to head to the gym now, and the bulb works, which is good. What are the chances the other one will blow, or one or both lights will spontaneously explode, sending me back to the bike shop in search of the LED lights I should've gotten in the first place?
Smart, except for the bit where I had left the shop (indeed, the vicinity of the shop) before remembering I didn't have a charger with slots big enough for D-cells. Two other shops later and I was still short a charger. Eventually I ended up back in the original shop, where I got me a charger which included, as I suspected it would, a pair of D-cells gratis. Gah. I guess they're my hot spares or something.
Fitted new batteries, cycled to gym, dismounted, discovered rear light wasn't working. After some fiddling, further discovered that the bulb had blown. The main reason I got batteries rather than new LED-based lights was that these lights were still functional. GAH.
This morning: called to a bike shop. They laughed. I kid you not. They didn't have anything that even looked like it'd fit my lights, so I went to the nearest Maplin store, where they had something appropriate, and three thereof. I said, "I'll take all three" (thinking ahead!). Guy returns from the storeroom with one single bulb, and says, "that's all we have". OH well.
I'm about to head to the gym now, and the bulb works, which is good. What are the chances the other one will blow, or one or both lights will spontaneously explode, sending me back to the bike shop in search of the LED lights I should've gotten in the first place?
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