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Post by Joepublic on Dec 4, 2022 13:11:51 GMT 1
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Post by Rhubarb on Dec 5, 2022 8:19:06 GMT 1
Cos they won't last five minutes and the leds will get in the way of any serious work. |
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Post by remmington on Dec 5, 2022 18:10:44 GMT 1
Cos they won't last five minutes and the leds will get in the way of any serious work. Laughing aside - I got really into headlights - bought a cheap one from local motor factors a few years ago - got on with it so well - I invested in a high spec PETZL one. |
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Post by Joepublic on Dec 6, 2022 10:41:50 GMT 1
Cos they won't last five minutes and the leds will get in the way of any serious work. I wasn't thinking of them as an 8 / 10 hour shift, just something in your armoury should you drop a clip / bolt or maybe inspection before work commences, filling in the shadows from your head torch Mr R? |
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Post by valhalla on Dec 12, 2022 23:00:37 GMT 1
I saw an Electrician channel demonstrating a new concept in lighting the other day; a sort of sausage that hangs around your neck and which is conformable to point LED lamps at each end out forwards at chest-height onto whatever you are working-on. I think the batteries were built into the main sausage.
The idea was that it kept the illumination away from your eyes/glasses, so you didn't get the same bounce-back of light in darkened meter-cupboards, but also it kept your hands free for working.
I have tried one of those illuminated band sort of LED headlamps, but I'm struggling with it, even on a low power-setting. The light is too close to my forehead, so there's too much light-wash illuminating down the insides of my glasses lenses, meaning I cannot see a blind thing unless I wear a peaked cap and use the torch over the top of that - defeating the whole compactness of this new sort of headtorch, and also casting a big shadow.
EDIT: It was on the Artisan Electric channel, fitting battery-storage bespoke units into a house near Cambridge;
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Post by remmington on Dec 13, 2022 7:41:54 GMT 1
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Post by valhalla on Dec 13, 2022 14:43:17 GMT 1
I think that the main criterium I have these days is "ease-of-charging" i.e. it's nice to be able to just plug into a USB port to get some life back into a small worklamp again. Anything that needs its own adapter is a nuisance when that adapter goes "walking" between workshop and house.
The ability to focus or disperse the light beam (as-per the flexi unit linked above) is also great, more important perhaps than just outright light output.
I'm wondering if I could compromise on some of these lights - make my own wearable lights from some LED strings!  |
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Post by remmington on Dec 13, 2022 15:47:15 GMT 1
I think that the main criterium I have these days is "ease-of-charging" i.e. it's nice to be able to just plug into a USB port to get some life back into a small worklamp again. Anything that needs its own adapter is a nuisance when that adapter goes "walking" between workshop and house. The ability to focus or disperse the light beam (as-per the flexi unit linked above) is also great, more important perhaps than just outright light output. I'm wondering if I could compromise on some of these lights - make my own wearable lights from some LED strings! I done the whole "ball game" with torches and portable lighting over the years. I will buy into anything I think looks good. And have... ----------- Sort of settled with these options below! LED Lenser 2xAAA penlight - with disposable Alkaline or Ni-CAD rechargable batteries Multiple - rechargable RING LED magnetic inspection lights (every shape/design going over the years). Proper - rechargable mountain climbing headlight (which to be honest I only use on the lowest setting). Mains fed - under bonnet strip lights (ones with spring bars that stretch whole width of bonnet). Even bought a LED Milwaukee one of these that run on M12 batteries----------- Times have moved on from - lead lights with "roughservice bulbs" and Maglight torches. LED lighting with rechargable batteries are good. |
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