Looftlighter back in bunnings

[gnol]

Hi all,

Was in a Hoppers Crossing hardware store today, the green one with the red hammer. They had a pallet of loof lighters going at $15 each.

Last time i asked about them at a an Altona store owned by the same crowd I was told they couldn't sell them anymore, so either the issues are fixed or people in Melbourne's West are expendable.

Cheers. Picked one up Sunday morning. Couldn't find a pallet full and there was only a few of them on the shelf.

[trentski]

mate picked up a couple in Mentone store today for $15, reckoned they had a fair few in stock

[sosman]

My looftlighter of many years carked it tonight. Anyone seen them lurking around the eastern suburbs of Melbourne?

[peteru]

My Looftlighter packed it in after a few years. I bought a couple of replacements, but curiosity got the better of me and I took the faulty one apart.

The symptoms were that the heating element would get hot, but the fan won't spin.

It turns out that my dead Looftlighter is repairable. The circuitry inside is pretty simple, just a simple 4 diode rectifier bridge that is faulty. Probably less than $5 in parts and about 1 hour to take it apart and replace the parts.

The fan motor is fine, I tested it with a 12V plug pack connected directly to the motor terminals and it spins.

[sosman]

My Looftlighter packed it in after a few years. I bought a couple of replacements, but curiosity got the better of me and I took the faulty one apart.

The symptoms were that the heating element would get hot, but the fan won't spin.

It turns out that my dead Looftlighter is repairable. The circuitry inside is pretty simple, just a simple 4 diode rectifier bridge that is faulty. Probably less than $5 in parts and about 1 hour to take it apart and replace the parts.

The fan motor is fine, I tested it with a 12V plug pack connected directly to the motor terminals and it spins.

I'll take a closer look at mine.

[trentski]

My looftlighter of many years carked it tonight. Anyone seen them lurking around the eastern suburbs of Melbourne?

Did you see my post above yours where they were $15 in Mentone?

Was at Hoppers Crossing again today and they still had a pallet ($15 each) but Altona has about 4 left (at $20 each)

[zook33per]

saw some at the one in North Coburg Gaffney Street a few weeks back, sounds like I should grab a few!

[DClem]

Just picked one up in North Coburg for $15...can't go wrong at that price.

[Steaksy]

Any Qlders have any luck tracking one down around the Brisbane area at all

Steaksy

[Gumb]

Bunnies Vermont VIC had plenty but still at $29

[8-ball]

Any Qlders have any luck tracking one down around the Brisbane area at all

Steaksy

Apparently they sold them all out at $2.50 each about 2 weeks ago.

[zook33per]

Just used it for the 1st time, works great,
How far away do you guys hold it from the charcoal/beads?
I was heating one and then got it glowing and started to do circular motions and got the surrounding ones going.

[Hogsy]

Here's a receipt for anyone who wants to match prices

[zook33per]

Are the more expensive ones a higher model or is just Bunnings being Bunnings?

[urbangriller]

There is only one model

Chris