Recommendations please - rechargeable work light

[telectrix]

This arrived today:

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Obviously I'm using one of my batteries

Impressive amount of light ...............

i hate yellow. dewalt and fluke in equal amount. i had a hilmor conduit bender in yellow. soon got it resprayed in red/black. same with a stanley rolling toolbox. came in yellow. next day red/black.

 

[Paulgwat]

What battery power tools do you use? Most should have very good 14/18v lights.

I have this LED light from Makita and it's first class.

There is a bigger brother to the stick lights from Makita, the DML805, takes the 18v batteries and also has an input for mains or 110v as well - have had the 110v /18v one for about a year and it is superb - more like a floodlight than torch!!

 

[Phil Thompson]

I have this one for doing board changes and loft use in rewires, it’s 1500 lumens. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QNXC...=1007289&hvtargid=pla-403172956771&th=1&psc=1

 

[pirate]

Talking of lights, I see from my inbox today that TLC are promoting the Quinetic switches (I like them) and also show a remote fob due out in April, which will be fun and versatile...however, they also highlight the LED floodlight in various outputs starting from £19.95, and that includes a wireless receiver already built in...yet the receiver itself is £16.95, so that doesn't leave much over for the lamp itself...
however, at that price I'll probably buy one just for research.

 

[1Justin]

Get an 18650 battery rechargeable headlamp off Ebay. Probably £10 and ultra bright if you investigate and select carefully re the LED die they choose. Get one with two cells mounted at the back, and a strap over the top.
Dispose of any supplied 18650 batteries (supplied Ebay ones they will be poor quality and potentially incendiary). - Better to buy the bare torch without cells. Buy known fused-cell reliable 18650 cells. Also get a quality 18650 charger - not the one supplied.
Take care with "branded" knock-offs with lithium batteries, hence I always use Xtar factory shop (which you can google).
Lasts all day, often two days.

 

[telectrix]

Get an 18650 battery rechargeable headlamp off Ebay. Probably £10 and ultra bright if you investigate and select carefully re the LED die they choose. Get one with two cells mounted at the back, and a strap over the top.
Dispose of any supplied 18650 batteries (supplied Ebay ones they will be poor quality and potentially incendiary). - Better to buy the bare torch without cells. Buy known fused-cell reliable 18650 cells. Also get a quality 18650 charger - not the one supplied.
Take care with "branded" knock-offs with lithium batteries, hence I always use Xtar factory shop (which you can google).
Lasts all day, often two days.

mine was off ebay. i use the 18650s and charger that came with it. never a problem, except the charge time is several hours from flat. think it was about as tenner all in. can't see how they make'em for that. similar from screwfix is £51.

 

[Pete E]

mine was off ebay. i use the 18650s and charger that came with it. never a problem, except the charge time is several hours from flat. think it was about as tenner all in. can't see how they make'em for that. similar from screwfix is £51.

With the cheaper Chinese ebay batteries, many are "recycled" from cells taken from old laptops and when they are re assembled, they do not contain any over charging protection.
Add to that the often crude chargers you get in these cheap deals, and there is a danger of the batteries igniting or even exploding due to over heating during charging.

A quick google search will find examples of it happening, but I don't know what the real risk is...

Personally, I would not leave such chargers/batteries charging unattended, especially if it is going to be for any extended time....

 

[EbolaSideRoom]

Recently invested in these https://dxu3qlulsm4jd.cloudfront.net/sites/www.voltimum.co.uk/files/fields/main_image/mini_goliath_hi-res_0.jpg[URL]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81vpnvDldbL._SX355_.jpg[/URL]
Not cheap but brilliant.

 

[ipf]

got similar.dual setttings. 10watt and 20 watt. forbigger ,longer jobs, this.

gets a bit hot though.

I remember one of them, on site in a commercial kitchen. One idiot knocked it over and it was leaning against the white, pvc lined wall......found it about 2 hours later...all the wall was burnt and warped.

 

[Phil Thompson]

I remember them for a while as an apprentice, along with the festoon lighting, then the boss got a load of 2d tasklights some difference and they’d take a battering and still work, think that’s why he changed, cost him a fortune in lamps lol

 

[Marvo]

Pity that the queen didn't know that.

Wikipedia ; Windsor Castle fire. During renovation work. Halogen light on tripod left unattended.

The fire began in the Queen's Private Chapel at 11:15 in the morning when a curtain was ignited by a spotlight pressed up against it.

Way back in the late 90's I saw the result of a contractor who was building a combination coldroom/freezer room and left a double halogen floodlight on a tripod inside it with the door closed overnight. He claimed someone plugged it in without him knowing. The coldroom was a write off, all the plastic parts inside like the drain trays and the fan plates melted into a puddle underneath their original location, all wiring and motors were trashed, the styrofoam insulation in the wall and ceiling panels also went molten and ran out in places. It was only chance that it didn't start a fire.

 

[Pete E]

Only ever slightly off topic, but is there a LED replacement bulb for the old 500W Halogen R7s bulbs?

I can see a few which physically fit, but the light output is only equivalent to a 60W bulb where as I was looking for something giving a similar output to the original 500w bulb...

 

[Pete E]

Ignore last post...Just sprung for the Faithfull Rechargeable mentioned earlier in the thread...Will take the fire hazard Halogen to the skip this weekend!

 

[The Trician]

Milwaukee M18 LED worklight - I have milfukki tools so plenty of batteries around.
Cheaper off ebay though.

Milwaukee 2361-20 M18 LED Flood Light