BMW Flashlight -to-> Power Inverter

[Fetch]

Here's a little mod to the BMW flashlight I did (it was broken).

I didn't want to plug my nasty cheap power inverter into the cig lighter every time I used it, so I decided to turn the BMW flashlight casing into a little 12v plug hidden in the glove box.

I dremeled out the inside of the flashlight & epoxied a fuse holder into it:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7850/pict2661smalleq5.jpg

Then the internals were soldered up (Yeah, I could have done better.):
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/736/pict2662smallil2.jpg

And here's the finished Frankenstein that I can keep hidden away in the glove box:
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9523/pict2663smallos3.jpg



that's my input for today :)

[Paul in NZ]

input? or output? haha :)

[billy]

the wires supplying the power to the torch are not of a suitable rating for mains power inverter - should keep yopu warm in winter though when you start a fire...

[Fetch]

the wires supplying the power to the torch are not of a suitable rating for mains power inverter - should keep yopu warm in winter though when you start a fire...

it's a very weak power inverter with a very old (low wattage drawing) laptop, you should see how thin the actual 12v supply wires were/are on the power inverter