How to Make an Impromptu Lantern

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How to Make an Impromptu Lantern

Ron Jaxon

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There are times when a lantern has advantages over a flashlight. A lantern spreads light in all directions rather than one direction. Lanterns also allows you to be hands free.

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Just to give some examples. Maybe your car breaks down at night and you need to fix something under the hood that requires two hands.

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Or your power is temporarily out because of a storm. In this guide I'll show you a simple way to turn your cellphone into an impromptu lantern.

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All you'll need is a cellphone with a flashlight/app and a bottle of water (remove label).

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Put the bottle of water on top of the light on the cellphone.

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In this picture I turned all the lights in the room off. As you can see it glows pretty brightly.

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For play time. Add food coloring to the water to make colored lanterns.

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I hope someone finds this useful or in the least a little fun.

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Ron Jaxon

michigan

I'm a semi professional magician. Graphic designer. I've been deaf almost 20 years but i can hear now thanks to the cochlear implant I got almost 2 years ago.

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I saw another video using this technique. Put water bottle in holes in the roof of a shed. Seal the holes around the bottle. A cheap way to light a shed without having to add electric power. Look it up on YouTube to see various ways to do this.

Ron Jaxon (author) 4 months ago

Very interesting information. From basic need stems incredible creativity. We should all be very thankful that a switch lights up our world

Serene Snapguider 5 months ago

I found out something interesting. In some areas of the world where poverty is high. They'll take bottles of water. Add a little chlorine because they're used for a long time. And put them in holes in the ceiling. The sun shines through and lights the rooms. Equivalent to a 40 to 60 watt light bulb (search YouTube for it). Interesting.

Ron Jaxon (author) 5 months ago

Awesome!! 💡

Serene Snapguider 5 months ago