Micro Rechargeable Flashlight

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Micro Rechargeable Flashlight

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A simple rechargeable flashlight

How to make:

Light:
1. Take an LED and connect a switch to its positive side.
2. Connect the switch's other side to the positive of the super-capacitor
3. Connect the LED's negative to the positive end of the super-capacitor
4. Hot glue the  connections of the super-capacitor
5. Add more wire to the super-capacitor and fold it up the sides.

Charger:
1. Make foil contacts (link).
2. Make pads curve and glue them to cardboard so the flashlight fits into them.
3. Apply power from wall wart.

Digital copy: https://www.instructables.com/file/FW82JWCG825HXY4/
Note: Open the digital copy with Fritzing (http://fritzing.org/).