Post #669008 by JamesDanger on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 12:59 PM

Thanks Skip!

Yeah, the poster is correct. I've seen these things all over the place. Spencers, party city, oriental trading, etc. And this one is actually plastic: I know I've seen them for as little as $12 over the years.

I dig the radio shack route for sure! And I have plan that will need artificial flame elswhere as well. So weighing the cost vs quality factor, I'll probably head to radio shack, or just buy some more of these cheap guys and rip out the fans.

Canibalizing the would be very easy, just four scews on the bottom of the lantern. It can be powered by 4 AA's (I'm using recharables) or a typical 6V wall plug. But fair warning if you decided to do this, the fan does have an audible hum to it, not too loud, but noticable. Since the speakers I installed drown it out the sound, and it will be placed overhead and realitivly far from ear shot, I didn't worry, but consider this for your application.

Will it annoy if there is nothing else going on in the room? The radio shack option might be your better choice if so

[ Edited by: JamesDanger 2013-02-27 13:01 ]