"Hilton" wrote:

I was in the pattern at night with a student in a C172 at RHV and we had a
total electrical failure. No lights, no flaps, ... I had him hold a
flashlight at the ASI and call out airspeeds, I then did a glassy water
landing - worked perfectly!

I'm confused -- if he was your student, why did you do the landing? Seems
like a perfect opportunity for a "learning experience".