Description: Off grid living the common sense way.
Back in the 70’s and 80’s my parents did a lot of camping; this means they had a lot of camping gear. Recently my dad found an old portable fluorescent light they used at the time they did all this camping. This time in my parents’ life was before I was born, but my older sisters remember using the light. This light was made by the Burgess Battery Company (1), sadly this company closed in 1989. The model that I now have is a Safari Lite 165/2. This light was produced from 1966 to 1971 (2), this makes my li
This light used a special made battery pack by Burgess that contained two 69 volt DC batteries. These batteries powered a 12 inch fluorescent light for up to 80 hours before needing recharging. Included with the light is a cord that charged the batteries from a standard 120 volt AC home receptacle, and could also power the light directly if you were close to a receptacle. There is a switch that allows you to choose between the battery or the AC plug. For a short time other companies made batteries for t
Now that I have given you the history lesson you may be wondering “what is the point of all this”? I could just go buy a new, really nice flash light that would operate longer and be brighter than this old light. But where is the fun in that?? My parents are getting “older” as my mother says. They are in there late 70’s. So they are not just getting “older”, they are just old. I may not remember using this light but it is a small piece of my parent’s history that I would like to keep. I am not a collector