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<blockquote data-quote="securitysix" data-source="post: 2818183" data-attributes="member: 32714"><p>A few options to give you a little light in the bathroom so you can at least kind of see to shower:</p><p></p><p>1) Oil lamps. Cheap to feed, give off a soft light, flame mostly enclosed, but they can smoke up the globe which can diminish the light, and they do pose a bit of a fire hazard.</p><p></p><p>2) Candles. Cheap, give off soft light, but open flame so huge fire hazard.</p><p></p><p>3) Battery powered lanterns. These can come in various sizes, but a lot of them eat D-cell batteries. I have 2 that run on 8 D-cells, a couple that eat 4, and a couple of really small ones that use AA batteries. Even the small ones put off a decent amount of light, and all of them can get several hours off of a set of batteries. Down side: they require batteries, which can be hard to come by when the power is out because everyone runs out and buys them all up.</p><p></p><p>4) Mini Maglites. Weird? Not really. The Mini Maglites that run off of 2 AA batteries have what is called "candle mode". Remove the head (the part with the reflector) and set the wide part down on a table, then set the base of the light (the end you open to put in batteries) into the open part of the head. It stands the light up like a candle and lights up a decent amount of the room. You can do this with the LED bulbs or the incandescent bulbs. Down sides: it eats batteries and if you knock it over, it might break the bulb. You can also do this with the larger Maglites, but you have to disassemble the head and pull out the reflector to keep the big lights stable.</p><p></p><p>5) Pretty much any flashlight if you can keep it pointed up. Similar to the candle mode on Maglites, but without disassembling the flash light. You can do it with Maglites, too. Find a way to keep the light standing up and point it at the ceiling. The lighter color of most ceilings will reflect and diffuse the light around the room. The big challenge is keeping the light upright, so you might have to get creative. Again, down side is you're eating batteries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="securitysix, post: 2818183, member: 32714"] A few options to give you a little light in the bathroom so you can at least kind of see to shower: 1) Oil lamps. Cheap to feed, give off a soft light, flame mostly enclosed, but they can smoke up the globe which can diminish the light, and they do pose a bit of a fire hazard. 2) Candles. Cheap, give off soft light, but open flame so huge fire hazard. 3) Battery powered lanterns. These can come in various sizes, but a lot of them eat D-cell batteries. I have 2 that run on 8 D-cells, a couple that eat 4, and a couple of really small ones that use AA batteries. Even the small ones put off a decent amount of light, and all of them can get several hours off of a set of batteries. Down side: they require batteries, which can be hard to come by when the power is out because everyone runs out and buys them all up. 4) Mini Maglites. Weird? Not really. The Mini Maglites that run off of 2 AA batteries have what is called "candle mode". Remove the head (the part with the reflector) and set the wide part down on a table, then set the base of the light (the end you open to put in batteries) into the open part of the head. It stands the light up like a candle and lights up a decent amount of the room. You can do this with the LED bulbs or the incandescent bulbs. Down sides: it eats batteries and if you knock it over, it might break the bulb. You can also do this with the larger Maglites, but you have to disassemble the head and pull out the reflector to keep the big lights stable. 5) Pretty much any flashlight if you can keep it pointed up. Similar to the candle mode on Maglites, but without disassembling the flash light. You can do it with Maglites, too. Find a way to keep the light standing up and point it at the ceiling. The lighter color of most ceilings will reflect and diffuse the light around the room. The big challenge is keeping the light upright, so you might have to get creative. Again, down side is you're eating batteries. [/QUOTE]
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