Drop light LED bulb

Brianfrench65

Brianfrench65

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I'm sorry for being off topic, however has anyone ever used a LED bulb in their drop light ?

I am so tired of getting my arms burnt from VERY HOT incasedent light bulbs.

Are they fragile when getting bumped, (element breaks)?

Thank You;
 
Tom W suggested one a few years ago that I bought. They last a long time and not heat. Try to get one with natural color as they can be very bright white.
 
We have a florcent droplight and it is the best thing we have in the garage.

I use to replace incandescent bulbs 2-3 times during every project.
Since we switched to florecents I haven't changed a bulb.
If I go to LEDs I can bring back the old drop lights.
 
I use the twist florescent bulbs they are cool, and tough shake/drop wise. And they are getting cheap. Now I find them for a quarter or dime at garage sales. BTW the base on LED bulbs do get HOT!
 
trouble light.....portable shop light to hang over the engine etc wherever you are working.....you Aussies surely have these under another name

and my vote is for the fluorescent also best thing ever invented
 
tbirdtbird said:
trouble light.....portable shop light to hang over the engine etc wherever you are working.....you Aussies surely have these under another name

and my vote is for the fluorescent also best thing ever invented
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Thanks thirdbird. Now it makes sense. Yes we have them. They are called a lead light or a work light depending on whether they are powered by a lead to the mains or by battery.
I also prefer the flouro ones.
 
I bought a rechargeable LED wand light at Sears. It works well, but I do like the LED headlights. At least they point in the direction you want and are not in your eyes.
 
Tom Wesenberg said:
Too cold in Minnesota for fluorescent bulbs in the winter, but LED's are great.
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X2+ in Alberta.

We use LED lights exclusively in our home to provide inexpensive bright light from bulbs that do not need replacing every few months (we have not replaced a LED bulb in the five years of using them).

In the garage I use battery powered LED lights when working on the cars. However, the background lighting is provided by fluorescent tube lighting as I have not yet found a suitable LED replacement.

I would not consider using a trouble/drop/work light that is attached to a cord. Too much trouble, battery powered LED lights have more endurance than me.

I buy most of my LEDs from "dollar" stores and some cost less that $2 each! Also useful when working under the cars are those with headbands which point where I am looking,

Yes - I am a LED bigot.
 
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I got this rechargeable LED work light a while back. One of the features I really like about it is that you can focus the light on your work. Comes with wires to plug into a wall outlet or 12v cigar lighter to recharge. You can recharge your cell off of it also.
 

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I have been using a regular household led bulb in my droplight at work for over 2 years, a cheap one, the plastic "bulb" part came off, light kept working, just keep snapping the bulb back in when it comes off, have now upgraded to 100watt led
 
Not a drop light, but I have a couple of the halogen Torchiere lamps in our living room. They are 500 Watts each using those 5" halogen bulbs. They were continually self consuming themselves due to the heat they generated. Both lamps died again this past week. While I am very familiar with how to rebuild them, I really didn't want to go that route again. (Been there, done that, have the T-shirt to prove it.)

So, this weekend, I decided to convert both of them to LED. Bought the parts at Antique Lamp Supply on line, and the bulbs at Sam's club. Total cost including the bulbs was $60 for both lamps. Power consumption was reduced from 1,000 watts to 96 watts. And the light output is actually much better than the old halogen bulbs.

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My drop light story:

The only brand new car I ever purchased was in 1968. I had only had the car a month or two when I was doing something that required a drop light. I hung it on the rear view mirror. It was only there briefly when the heat from the light broke the mirror. The car model was new enough that the dealers didn't have a replacement, so I had to wait for a replacement from the factory. Needless to say, I got rid of all my incandescent drop lights from then on.

Currently in my garage, I have a couple of fluorescent drop lights that I have been using for years.
 
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I use a led 60w equivelent that uses 9 watts in my drop light. they are getting cheaper and cheaper they are 1.25 a piece in the 4 pack at home depot. there is a small circuit board in the base under the plastic bulb. it seems to take drops well.
 
yea I got rid of all my cfl bulbs, got tired of waiting for them to warm up and utterly useless in the garage in the winter. I would deff have an led drop light. I've changed every light in my place to leds
 
In the old days when working on a engine in the car with the oil pan off. Some times the trouble light housing would fill with oil. Then you would bump it and the hot oil would leave a nice burn on your skin.
 
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