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Found on a beach south of England (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by Soulstorm@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Thought it might be a battery pack at first so I wasn’t going to touch it but it appears to be plastic.

Possibly broken at the top? Unsure.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, also knows as a 4R25 6V battery, or the battery from a "24 hours lamp" (from way back when they still used lightbulbs, they last weeks now on LEDs). Those lanterns are used a lot in marine work and roadworks. Having one land in the sea is entirely common.