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A battery-powered light including a body, a light source and a control circuit. The body includes a battery support portion and houses the light source. The battery support portion is operable to physically support a battery pack. The light source is electrically connectable to the battery pack and

A battery-powered light including a body, a light source and a control circuit. The body includes a battery support portion and houses the light source. The battery support portion is operable to physically support a battery pack. The light source is electrically connectable to the battery pack and able to receive a discharge current from the battery pack. The light source also is operable to emit light. The control circuit is supported by the body and is operable to control the discharge current being supplied to the light source.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A battery-powered light comprising: a body having a battery support portion and housing one or more light sources, the battery support portion operable to physically support a battery pack, the one or more light sources being electrically connectable to the battery pack

The invention claimed is: 1. A battery-powered light comprising: a body having a battery support portion and housing one or more light sources, the battery support portion operable to physically support a battery pack, the one or more light sources being electrically connectable to the battery pack and able to receive a discharge current from the battery pack, the one or more light sources operable to emit light, wherein the one or more light sources include a light bulb having a first voltage rating; and a control circuit supported by the body, the control circuit being compatible with a plurality of different types of light sources by controlling the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources, wherein the control circuit is operable to sense at least one of a light source condition and a battery voltage condition and to control the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources based on at least one of the light source condition and the battery voltage condition, the light source condition including whether the first voltage rating of the light bulb is lower than a predetermined voltage rating for the one or more light sources. 2. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising a switch included in the control circuit, the switch operable to interrupt the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources; and wherein the control circuit is compatible with light sources of different voltage ratings or different current ratings. 3. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 1 and wherein the control circuit includes a switch operable to interrupt the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources; and wherein the control circuit is operable to control the switch such that the switch interrupts the discharge current at a first rate if the first voltage rating of the light bulb is lower than a predetermined voltage rating of the one or more light sources. 4. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 3 and wherein the control circuit provides indication to a user that the one or more light sources includes a light bulb having a lower voltage rating than the predetermined voltage rating of the one or more light sources when the switch is being operated at the first rate. 5. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 4 and wherein the first rate includes a rate of approximately 0.5 cycles per second. 6. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 4 and wherein the first rate includes a rate of approximately 1 cycle per second. 7. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 3 and wherein the first rate interrupts the discharge current at a rate that limits the current being supplied to the lower voltage rated light bulb and still enables operation of the one or more light sources. 8. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 1 and wherein the control circuit includes a switch operable to interrupt the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources; and wherein the control circuit is operable to sense a battery voltage of the battery pack and operable to control the switch such that the switch interrupts the discharge current when the battery voltage of the battery pack is approximately less than a predetermined threshold. 9. A battery-powered light comprising: a body having a battery support portion and housing one or more light sources, the battery support portion operable to physically support a battery pack, the one or more light sources being electrically connectable to the battery pack and able to receive a discharge current from the battery pack, the one or more light sources operable to emit light, wherein the one or more light sources have a first voltage rating; and a control circuit supported by the body, the control circuit being compatible with a plurality of different light sources by controlling a switch to interrupt the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources based on a sensed light source condition, the light source condition including whether the first voltage rating is different than a predetermined voltage rating, wherein the control circuit is operable to control the switch such that the switch interrupts the discharge current at a first rate if the first voltage rating of a light bulb is lower than the predetermined voltage rating of the one or more light sources. 10. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 9 and wherein the control circuit is compatible with light sources of different voltage ratings or different current ratings. 11. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 9 and wherein the control circuit is operable to sense at least one of a light source condition and a battery voltage condition; and wherein the control circuit is operable to control the discharge current being supplied to the one or more light sources based on the at least one of the light source condition and the battery voltage condition. 12. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 9 and wherein the control circuit provides indication to a user that the one or more light sources includes a light bulb having a lower voltage rating than the predetermined voltage rating of the one or more light sources when the switch is being operated at the first rate. 13. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the first rate includes a rate of approximately 0.5 cycles per second. 14. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the first rate includes a rate of approximately 1 cycle per second. 15. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 9 and wherein the first rate interrupts the discharge current at a rate that limits the current being supplied to the lower voltage rated light bulb and still enables operation of the one or more light sources. 16. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 11 and wherein the control circuit is operable to sense a battery voltage of the battery pack and operable to control the switch such that the switch interrupts the discharge current when the battery voltage of the battery pack is approximately less than a predetermined threshold. 17. The battery-powered light as set forth in claim 9 and wherein the one or more light sources include at least one light emitting diode.