ChrisT
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Not sure this is in exactly the right place but it does, indirectly, result in greasy fingers etc....... I'm sure I can't be the only one here with a garage with no power and with these winter nights starting to creep in I need a decent way of illuminating what I'm working on - don't need the whole place lit up but more than just a torch beam would be good. Used to have a neon inspection lamp that connected to the battery which was quite good hung from the ceiling but with the advances of LEDs and rechargable lights I'm wondering if there's a better alternative. Something like this looks good - www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=17767Wind-up? www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=150140Probably spend more time winding than working What has anyone else used and found good? |
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2011 12:59:43 GMT by ChrisT
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Why not get a inverter, run it off a leisure battery and use cheap 11w low energy lamps ?
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forget rechargeable and wind up, tried them and even with the decent makes the batterys go in under a year, I prefer a car battery (large as posable) and some 12V lamps (LED pref) just take the battery home with you every night and put it on charge. I use a huge iveco battery and an old sportbag to carry it in. Inverters loose power in the transfer from 12 to 230 so not as efficient as just using 12v, I keep a jump pack with me all the times so if the car battery starts to go you have power to tidey up before leaving  As a backup to the back up I have night vision  lol |
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2011 13:46:27 GMT by bortaf
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I would say the same as bortaf, keep it all low voltage. if you are handy with a soldering iron there are a few mods you can do to those strip lights you can get for caravans to make them a lot more efficient and bright running off a battery.
If the place is secure enough you could also get a solar panel to throw on the roof, and use that to charge the battery up.
Good for if you can't be bothered to haul the battery places.
-Phil
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I use a £100 generator and a couple of spotlights. It can do power tools and loads of bright light so ideal for evening work.
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the first thing i would do is paint the inside of your work area white, to maximise the efectiveness of whatever light source you use
a generator to provide lighting and power for tools is good but you have to consider your neghbours as a genny rattling away for a few hours whilst neighbours are trying to watch footie on the box can rapidly make you as popular as a fart in a space suit
also if run in an enclosed space, the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning rears its head
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ChrisT
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yeah a genny is not really viable as there's houses all around
White paint was on my list of things to get though.
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Oct 13, 2011 18:26:27 GMT
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I have a load of those LED bulbs in my garage, pointing over my workbench. make sure you get DC ones though, AC ones are also available, which obviously won't work from a car battery. Never even thought about the AC/DC difference so was a bit worried when the ones I bought turned up marked AC but they work fine from a battery. Bought a couple of these and hung from the roof they do a fine job of lighting up one end of the garge.....  |
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lol
