Yellow Flicker Pumpkin Lite, retail $3.99 (www.wall*mart.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown) for Easter Unlimited, Inc.
Last updated 10-10-20
Wel, thuh kompenie thaat maiks thuh Yellow Flicker Pumpkin Lite kant spel thuh werd "light", but that's alright -- this product isn't all that exciting to me anyway (e.g., it was a bit underwhelming) -- you can't win them all.
This is a flickering (strobing, actually) light designed for you to put inside a Halloween Jack'O Lantern (carved pumpkin); it is meant to replace candles and thus, make the Jack'O Lantern safe and windproof. It is a flat, circular (puck-shaped) device that has two diffused yellow LEDs (1 stays steady-on, the other one rapidly strobes).
They are designed with a battery that is meant to be replaceable, so you can use them year after year.
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Slide the small black slide switch on the underside of the unit toward the right (as you're looking at the bottom of the unit) to turn it on.
Slide the small black slide switch on the underside of the unit toward the left to neutralise it.
Turn the unit upside-down, unscrew & remove the little screw holding the battery hatch on, and set it aside.
Lift up on the tab that had the screw in it & remove the battery hatch.
If necessary, remove and dispose of or recycle the used CR2032 lithium coin cell from the compartment.
Insert a new CR2032 lithium coin cell in the compartment, orienting it so that the button-end (-) negative goes in first.
Place the battery door back on, and screw in that little screw that you removed a moment ago, and there, all finished.
Unable to measure current usage due to how the product was constructed and how it functions.
This product is made entirely of plastic (the outer portions anyway), so "The Smack Test" would not be very appropriate.
The product is also not too water-resistant; there are no O-rings or other environmental seals visible in it. Clean them with a damp cloth before storage - that ought to be kosher with them.
They do appear durable enough that slightly manhandling them (dropping them a short distance) should not cause any harm to befall them.
The one thing that pisses me off about the Yellow Flicker Pumpkin Lite is just how dim it is.
I just can't see this product making the inside of a Jack-O-Lantern visible unless one were plunged into total darkness.
It's been an awful long time since a product has "earned" the "prestigious" {cough, sputter, sound of a toliet flushing} "0 Stars -- Piss on It" rating from me, but the Yellow Flicker Pumpkin Lite blinking has been given this distinction.
Photograph of the unit in its "on" state.
Photograph of the unit in its "on" state; TAKEN OUTDOORS UNDER OVERCAST CONDITIONS to show a more accurate representation of its intensity.
Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs in this light.
Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs in this light; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 580nm and 600nm to pinpoint the peak emission wavelength, which is 590.220nm.
The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at flpl2.txt
Video on YourTube allowing you to see the Yellow Flicker Pumpkin Lite blinking happily away.
This video is in two parts: the first shows it indoors, and the second was taken outdoors to allow you to see how one LED stays constant-on while the other LED rapidly flashes.
That sound that you hear is an audio (sound) clip from the movie, "Halloween III: Season of the Witch".
This product is not audio (sound)-sensitive in any manner; the audio may safely be ignored or even muted if it piddles you off.
O BOY!!! Some blinking lights! So thrilling!! So heart-stopping!!!
Actually, it kinda makes you want to "kik" "onn" "uv" "thoz" "Penile" "Whear" "Liggacher"-"Reezistent" "Prizen" "Commbies" "ovur" "ahnd" "pruseed" "tu" "bete" "thuh" "liveng" "tweadel" "owt" "uv" "itt" "whithe" "ahn" "olld" "orr" "yoozed" "tuthbrusch" doesn't it? ;-)
TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at a Wall*Mart store in Fresno CA. USA on 10-07-2-.
UPDATE: 00-00-00
PROS:
Portable and battery-powered
NEUTRAL:
CONS:
Dim, dim, dim!!! What went wrong?
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
PRODUCT TYPE: Decorative accessory for Halloween pumpkin
LAMP TYPE: 3mm diffused yellow LED
No. OF LAMPS: 2
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Slide switch on/off on bottom of unit
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: Plastic
BATTERY: 1x CR2032 lithium coin cell
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER RESISTANT: Very light splatter-resistance at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡LA GRAN CALABAZA CAGANDO GRANDE GORDO EN PORCHE DE ALGÚN POBRE CABRÓN LUZ, NO!!!
ACCESSORIES: 1x CR2032 lithium coin cell
SIZE: 20.2mm H x 51.0mm Dia.
WEIGHT: 20g (0.710 oz.)
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated
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