Keywords: Crank powered flashlight disassembled.jpg crank-powered flashlight disassembled to show internal mechanism This type of flashlight is powered by a battery that is charged by a generator turned by a hand crank It is used as an emergency light or for remote areas like vacation cabins since replaceable batteries in flashlights eventually lose their charge during storage It has 2 power levels pushing the switch once turns on one LED pushing it again turns on all three 1 minute of cranking provides about 30 min of light on low setting 25 min on high Labeled parts Crank Reduction gear train 120 1 to run generator Permanent magnet brushless AC generator Lithium-ion rechargeable cell LIR2032 3 6V 35 mAh Full-wave rectifier to change AC from generator to DC to charge cell Pushbutton switch 3 position 3 LED light emitting diode lamps Reflector housing Plastic cover 2012-01-26 own Chetvorno cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Disassembled dynamo torches ImageNote 1 213 219 378 572 2442 1875 2 Crank ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 691 694 297 653 2442 1875 2 120 1 reduction gear train to run generator ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1276 1241 235 241 2442 1875 2 Permanent magnet alternator - gear on underside engages with gear train ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1282 1041 200 216 2442 1875 2 LIR 2032 Lithium ion rechargeable cell 3 6V 35 mAh capacity ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 1229 831 122 97 2442 1875 2 Full wave rectifier to change AC from alternator to DC to charge cell ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 1326 738 134 144 2442 1875 2 Pushbutton switch three position off/one LED/3 LEDs ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 1279 513 216 141 2442 1875 2 White LED light emitting diode lamps ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 1185 172 391 197 2442 1875 2 Lamp reflector housing ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 1685 447 563 1303 2442 1875 2 Plastic cover ImageNoteEnd 9 |