Before You Chuck Those Salvaged Parts, Think Twice. Using Scrap Electronics You Can Make a Joule Thief Flashlight! Learn How:

Nowadays, when something breaks, most people simply chuck it and grab the latest generation from store shelves. That's all well and good (actually, it's incredibly wasteful), but what will you do if you're unable to go simply to a store and grab a new model?

Knowing how to use your scraps to make a tool is one of the most useful skills that you can have, even in today's throwaway society.

Countless tons of scrap materials are regularly sent to landfills on a daily basis. Hopefully, they are being recycled, but more often than not it's cheaper just to bury them and forget about it. So what can you do to continue to use those scrap electronics you've got lying around the house? One thing you can do is create a joule thief flashlight.

Hopefully, you have a flashlight in your gear, but if it breaks or becomes unusable somehow, it may be helpful to know how to make an effective and efficient LED flashlight from scrap materials.

Learn how to craft an effective LED flashlight using only salvaged parts after the break.

Via Instructables

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