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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 April 2009, 10:58:51
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These are pretty useful for car work:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_9516.htm
And I know nobody can reply at the moment ;D
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I got one a few years ago, handy in the loft etc :y
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That seem a very good buy!
I take it from the lead I think I can see it is mains powered. ;)
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That seem a very good buy!
I take it from the lead I think I can see it is mains powered. ;)
Yes Lizzie :y Got one this morning :P
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I've got one of those inspection lamps fromn the last time, they come with a long lead that saves you having to use extension leads.
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Lidl also have some power tools on offer today; I`ve been and bought a large 2 Kw. angle-grinder (well worth it at £29.99):
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20090416.index.ar9
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Brilliant buy I bought one myself a few months ago :y
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That seem a very good buy!
I take it from the lead I think I can see it is mains powered. ;)
Yes Lizzie :y Got one this morning :P
Thanks Welung! :y Trouble is I have just remembered my garage, which is 100yds from my third floor flat, has no power!! ::) ::) :(
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That seem a very good buy!
I take it from the lead I think I can see it is mains powered. ;)
Yes Lizzie :y Got one this morning :P
Thanks Welung! :y Trouble is I have just remembered my garage, which is 100yds from my third floor flat, has no power!! ::) ::) :(
;D ;D Buy a cheap inverter, only needs a 50 watter ;)
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I use a big candle, especially when looking for fuel leaks. My insurance company have asked me not to do it again.
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got one of them, not that good for light really, handy to hang on the bonnet when its up but does not really give that much light
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got one of them, not that good for light really, handy to hang on the bonnet when its up but does not really give that much light
Solution: Do repairs during daylight hours :y
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I use a big candle, especially when looking for fuel leaks. My insurance company have asked me not to do it again.
;D ;D ;D first mini engine I ever changed I was lying underneath knocking the pin out of the gear selector, complete with fag in me mouth and suddenly realisised the drips hitting me in the face was 4 star ;D ;D I got out from under there so fast I nearly passed myself ;D ;D
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That seem a very good buy!
I take it from the lead I think I can see it is mains powered. ;)
Yes Lizzie :y Got one this morning :P
Thanks Welung! :y Trouble is I have just remembered my garage, which is 100yds from my third floor flat, has no power!! ::) ::) :(
;D ;D Buy a cheap inverter, only needs a 50 watter ;)
Yes Welung, thanks, that is the way I should go I suppose. I am fed up of always having to work on the car in only daylight hours, and not being able to use power tools! :( :(
I am not going back to my younger days though of still being under a car at midnight, but that light plus invertor would be excellent. :-* ;)
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Looks very similar to this from Screwfix: clicky (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/44083/Lighting-Lamps/Torches-Task-Lighting/Inspection-Lights/Hand-Held-11W-Inspection-Light)
I paid 12 quid for it but it does a great job!
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check the inverter thread from a day or 2 ago, maplins have some on offer at the mo.
I got a nice 400w one for £29.99
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check the inverter thread from a day or 2 ago, maplins have some on offer at the mo.
I got a nice 400w one for £29.99
Thanks Jimbob, will do! :y :y
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check the inverter thread from a day or 2 ago, maplins have some on offer at the mo.
I got a nice 400w one for £29.99
Thanks Jimbob, will do! :y :y
Downside is im sure it would drain your battery very quickly if the engine wasnt on, which it doesnt tend to be when you are working on the car.
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Had one since they were on offer last year, it doubles as a tent light when were at a meet.
Top tackle.
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If using one of these away from mains power it'd be better to get a 12v powered light in the first place. Plenty available from camping places, etc.
These are very efficient because, although they effectively contain their own inverter, it is only sized to provide the couple of watts the light needs so is much more efficient than a mains inverter designed for a couple of hundred watts, useful though they are.
Kevin
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check the inverter thread from a day or 2 ago, maplins have some on offer at the mo.
I got a nice 400w one for £29.99
Thanks Jimbob, will do! :y :y
Downside is im sure it would drain your battery very quickly if the engine wasnt on, which it doesnt tend to be when you are working on the car.
Are you saying then that for someone in my situation it is best to have a small generator Jimbob? :-? :-?
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depends on what you want.
The light I have for car work is like that one, but has 30 odd led's instead of a tube, and has a rechargable battery in it.
Also works off mains, or fag lighter.
Most camping shops sell em.
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depends on what you want.
The light I have for car work is like that one, but has 30 odd led's instead of a tube, and has a rechargable battery in it.
Also works off mains, or fag lighter.
Most camping shops sell em.
Thanks again Jimbob :y :y
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....the Aldi one is a CF type so much better for working with.
The inverter wont nobble a battery very quicky, the light is 20W max and even with efficiency taken into account, thats no more than 2 amp drawn which given the Omega battery is 50AH+....gives 25 hours use (assuming its ok and fully charged)
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....the Aldi one is a CF type so much better for working with.
The inverter wont nobble a battery very quicky, the light is 20W max and even with efficiency taken into account, thats no more than 2 amp drawn which given the Omega battery is 50AH+....gives 25 hours use (assuming its ok and fully charged)
Thanks Mark :-* :-* ;) ;)
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....
Indeed; but why?.......is it because the light is polarised?.......or too narrow a band?
My LED flashlights are rubbish; even just for peering down into an oil tank to check the level.....the old fashioned tungsten filament 'beam' flashlights seem much better for task lighting. :-/
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....
Indeed; but why?.......is it because the light is polarised?.......or too narrow a band?
My LED flashlights are rubbish; even just for peering down into an oil tank to check the level.....the old fashioned tungsten filament 'beam' flashlights seem much better for task lighting. :-/
Its simple, the LED is not a white light source, it is actualy a narrow red, Green and Blue light source.
This makes it appear white (ala white on a TV/Monitor screen) and for this they are very good.
The problem is that the light spectrum for each colour is very narrow (being related to the Energy gap of the semiconductor compound from which it is produced) and so when the light reflects off a surface, you get a lot of detail lost as all surfaces reflect different wavelengths of light in differing amounts.
The result is lost detail and tiring light to work under.
One of the LED solutions being considered to improve the spectrum of light output from LED's is to use a UV LED with a phosphor coat ala a CF bulb!
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....
Indeed; but why?.......is it because the light is polarised?.......or too narrow a band?
My LED flashlights are rubbish; even just for peering down into an oil tank to check the level.....the old fashioned tungsten filament 'beam' flashlights seem much better for task lighting. :-/
Its simple, the LED is not a white light source, it is actualy a narrow red, Green and Blue light source.
This makes it appear white (ala white on a TV/Monitor screen) and for this they are very good.
The problem is that the light spectrum for each colour is very narrow (being related to the Energy gap of the semiconductor compound from which it is produced) and so when the light reflects off a surface, you get a lot of detail lost as all surfaces reflect different wavelengths of light in differing amounts.
The result is lost detail and tiring light to work under.
One of the LED solutions being considered to improve the spectrum of light output from LED's is to use a UV LED with a phosphor coat ala a CF bulb!
I knew all of that ::)
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....
Indeed; but why?.......is it because the light is polarised?.......or too narrow a band?
My LED flashlights are rubbish; even just for peering down into an oil tank to check the level.....the old fashioned tungsten filament 'beam' flashlights seem much better for task lighting. :-/
Its simple, the LED is not a white light source, it is actualy a narrow red, Green and Blue light source.
This makes it appear white (ala white on a TV/Monitor screen) and for this they are very good.
The problem is that the light spectrum for each colour is very narrow (being related to the Energy gap of the semiconductor compound from which it is produced) and so when the light reflects off a surface, you get a lot of detail lost as all surfaces reflect different wavelengths of light in differing amounts.
The result is lost detail and tiring light to work under.
One of the LED solutions being considered to improve the spectrum of light output from LED's is to use a UV LED with a phosphor coat ala a CF bulb!
`Brilliant explanation Mark; thankyou. :y
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Trouble is LED's do not make good work lights.....
Indeed; but why?.......is it because the light is polarised?.......or too narrow a band?
My LED flashlights are rubbish; even just for peering down into an oil tank to check the level.....the old fashioned tungsten filament 'beam' flashlights seem much better for task lighting. :-/
Its simple, the LED is not a white light source, it is actualy a narrow red, Green and Blue light source.
This makes it appear white (ala white on a TV/Monitor screen) and for this they are very good.
The problem is that the light spectrum for each colour is very narrow (being related to the Energy gap of the semiconductor compound from which it is produced) and so when the light reflects off a surface, you get a lot of detail lost as all surfaces reflect different wavelengths of light in differing amounts.
The result is lost detail and tiring light to work under.
One of the LED solutions being considered to improve the spectrum of light output from LED's is to use a UV LED with a phosphor coat ala a CF bulb!
`Brilliant explanation Mark; thankyou. :y
;D ;D ;D and very enlightening :D :D :D ;)
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Lol, thats what happens when you study material science as part of an electronics degree course at a Uni specialising in machine vision and optoelectronics!
And then spend 12 years working on fibre based comms systems!
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'dangle berries',I almost went in there today on the way back from the scrappy,but I was so filthy I didnt bother. ::)