Garage light

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I have a pair of the same style glasses 3quarter32 speaks of. I got my pair from MSC. If your not familiar with them its MSC.com they are in the safety glasses section, think my pair are made by 3M they had them in a sale catalog I get every month.
 
I have one of thees Joby lights and it works great. Bend the legs to aim it and they are magnetic so you can stick it to the body or frame

http://www.amazon.com/Joby-Gorillat...lashlight/dp/B002IT5DIU/?tag=atomicindus08-20
ref=sr_1_1
 
rockfla said:
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I have a pair of the same style glasses 3quarter32 speaks of. I got my pair from MSC. If your not familiar with them its MSC.com they are in the safety glasses section, think my pair are made by 3M they had them in a sale catalog I get every month.
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My son gave me a pair of 3M glasses that have reading glasses built into the lenses (like bifocals)! They're great! The batteries are the fairly expensive watch batteries but last quite a long time.
 
Inspired by these posts, I went to HD yesterday an bought a rechargeable LED worklight that has a magnetic bottom and hook. I can fasten it to the underside of the hood with no wires in the way and it stays put vs. the corded trouble light I've been using. Cost was $30. Thanks for the inspiration!!

Dick.
 
I use one of these except mine has a screen over it.
It makes the underside of the car like it is in bright sunlight.
 

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At work, on heavy equipment, and at home I use a bright 4 led headlamp, AAA batteries , about $35 for the light, but it shines bright,, and I'm hands free to work.
Since it's dark all the time here in the winter, I have two, and don't leave home without one in my pocket.
 
flathead 53 said:
harbor freight has a rechargeable four foot LED light ,great for working under the hood or under the car
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I bought the HF underhood light bar and found it dissapointing. The light only lasts 2 hours before needing a multi hour recharge.

Further, the light output while 3 ft long is only a narrow bright band of light 2-3" wide and does not blanket a broad area which I expected to have under the hood. Unfortunately the LEDs are all placed on a flat strip...better would have had a curved strip which would have several narrow light strips all at different angles. I would have returned it but HF just opened a new store and I bought too much small junk I couldn't find the right sales tag. Their $6 moving blankets are good, their free flashlights aren't worth taking home.
 
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OK, try to visualize, this it works well. I made up a wooden fixture from 2x8's that I cut 48 inches long and made into a T shape. The vertical tee is 20 degrees from vertical.
On that piece I mounted a 48" two light flourescent fixture. Plug it in and I get a ton of light when I am working under cars. Actually made up a few of these when I did the seismic upgrade to the foundation of my home. Away from the shop for a few days,
otherwise I could post a pic.
 
I was lucky to find a ramp type lift, shop has high ceiling, 14', got complete ramp lift for $1000. Still find its dark working under vehicle regardless of extra extra ceiling lights so use the head strap light, works really well, would like to try the glasses with 2 lights. I also find the ramp lift provides and perfect work bench area, set to whatever height you want to work at. Ramps are so wide that I can use a floor jack under vehicle to lift a wheel at a time, i.e. installing snow tires etc. Working with a corded light is a pain for sure
 
This is a slight meander from the topic (started over a year ago but resurrected yesterday), but here's a plug for replacing incandescent and fluorescent overhead lights with LEDs. My garage has the basic single bulb fixtures, two per bay for a total of six. When I put incandescents in, one burns out every few months and I have to get out the ladder. My wife tried CFLs, but anything fluorescent doesn't light up well in the cold. I finally had enough and have started converting to LED strip lights like this: http://www.menards.com/main/lightin...ed-shop-light/p-1444438333183.htm?cm_vc=PDPZ1

So far I've installed three, one over a workbench and two in the bay where I keep the Mercury. I now have about three times the brightness. Installation was easy; I just bought the "screw-in" adapters to turn a light bulb socket into a plug outlet, so no rewiring. Only downside is now I can see what a mess my workbench is.
 
My garage is the typical '70s 2-car garage. Which means that it's really only 1.5 cars wide and not really long enough for today's cars. So, I have room for my Model A and a work bench. As to lighting, it had a couple of 40 year old fluorescent fixtures at the extreem front end of the garage. Right before LEDs came out, I had replaced the 2 fixtures that were already there and added 4 more with what was then "modern" 4-tube flurorescents over the garage area and single tube fixtures over the work bench. Had I waited even a couple months, they would be LEDs.
 
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