Portable work light

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Scrolled thru Home Depot for work lights and saw the brand Hdx work light for $40. Its a dual 500 watt, which is 1000 together. Any one use this light before? Im guessing its homedepot brand. The other option was a husky light for $80, which is a bit more pricey.
 
If your looking to inspect paint as you work you can't go wrong with a Brinkman. As far as overall lighting of a space I just use full spectrum light bulbs. They are as close to sunlight as your going to get. After that sunlight tells the truth.
I like working under full spectrum bulbs. I can put them in any old socket and they don't require anything special.
 
Different bulbs product different effects. Having a variety of lighting helps you get the true nature of the paint, I use those Halogens, you have listed above, also I have a handheld halogen, Brinkmann, and small CREE LED Flashlight.
 
kjn said:
Scrolled thru Home Depot for work lights and saw the brand Hdx work light for $40. Its a dual 500 watt, which is 1000 together. Any one use this light before? Im guessing its homedepot brand. The other option was a husky light for $80, which is a bit more pricey.
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I've got similar here, bought the simple single 500W model on portable stand, and a single 500W without stand that I mounted on my carport ceiling beam which gives illumination to the top of a vehicle.

Yes, they help, but do get hot. If you're working with one on stand, you're working on side panels, and are close to these lights, you will feel the heat from them.

Maybe not the ultimate in lighting, and what was suggested above might be a better alternative.

Still, these little portable lights have other uses, can come in handy when painting indoors, working on something outside at night, or adding light somewhere where needed for home, or auto use.

My investment for the two were about $35. Not too bad for such, and they work fine.
Mark
 
Thanks for the help guys, i'm primarily looking for something I can move around with me. I have a UK dive light and a Coast 200 Lumen headlight I can play with. But even with those I have a hard time.
 
I have this light from Home Depot. I think its around $100

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It gives good light output. The nice thing about this light is it produces no heat. I have it on for hours and it doesn't get hot compared to halogens that I can smell the heat coming off the bulbs. Its adjustable and you can take the tri head off for lower panels.
 
I use the Husky single LED light ($80), and have been very happy with it. A single light source does a better job of showing swirls and holograms.

For halogen lights, be sure to plug it into a surge protector (NOT a power strip), preferably a dedicated, single outlet one. In my experience, it protects the bulbs from power fluctuations, and I have not had any issues with bulbs burning out.
 
04Golf said:
I have this light from Home Depot. I think its around $100

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It gives good light output. The nice thing about this light is it produces no heat. I have it on for hours and it doesn't get hot compared to halogens that I can smell the heat coming off the bulbs. Its adjustable and you can take the tri head off for lower panels.
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Was looking at this one. Thanks for sharing. May have to pick this up as my Halogens are used for the lower panels now.
 
Looks sweet, I always see people saying leds arent bright enough. Can I ask how are you guys positioning the light? Like distance, directly behind you? to the side?

04Golf said:
I have this light from Home Depot. I think its around $100

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It gives good light output. The nice thing about this light is it produces no heat. I have it on for hours and it doesn't get hot compared to halogens that I can smell the heat coming off the bulbs. Its adjustable and you can take the tri head off for lower panels.
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erichaley said:
I use the Husky single LED light ($80), and have been very happy with it. A single light source does a better job of showing swirls and holograms.

For halogen lights, be sure to plug it into a surge protector (NOT a power strip), preferably a dedicated, single outlet one. In my experience, it protects the bulbs from power fluctuations, and I have not had any issues with bulbs burning out.
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kjn said:
Looks sweet, I always see people saying leds arent bright enough. Can I ask how are you guys positioning the light? Like distance, directly behind you? to the side?
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I have a small garage space to work in at the moment, so I can't keep the light at a distance. But it lights up the garage fairly well.
 
I actually bought the HDX one when it was on sale for $20 or something.
Tons of light but there are also tons of heat. Can't use this during the summer as it gets too hot. One of the glass cover exploded due to the heat.

However, I will be using this in the winter time as a heater!
 
Im in the same boat I have very little space. But i really need something that"ll show all the defects.

04Golf said:
I have this light from Home Depot. I think its around $100

b54eb535-3562-47ca-b0f5-924f4379319f_1000.jpg


It gives good light output. The nice thing about this light is it produces no heat. I have it on for hours and it doesn't get hot compared to halogens that I can smell the heat coming off the bulbs. Its adjustable and you can take the tri head off for lower panels.
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erichaley said:
I use the Husky single LED light ($80), and have been very happy with it. A single light source does a better job of showing swirls and holograms.

For halogen lights, be sure to plug it into a surge protector (NOT a power strip), preferably a dedicated, single outlet one. In my experience, it protects the bulbs from power fluctuations, and I have not had any issues with bulbs burning out.
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04Golf said:
I have a small garage space to work in at the moment, so I can't keep the light at a distance. But it lights up the garage fairly well.
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spence said:
KJN

How many Lumens Husky single LED light ?
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Not sure bro, im still deciding on what to pick up. I might pick up the same one from Home Depot and if it doesn't show defects ill just go with the halogen one.
 
spence said:
KJN

How many Lumens Husky single LED light ?
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I believe it's around 2000, an average 500w halogen puts out closer to 5000. But the lighting is not equal, LED shows defects halogen won't and the other way around, plus sunlight will show some defects that either won't show.
 
The Husky single LED lamp is rated at 1720 lumens. Lowes just came out with one that is rated at 1000 lumens, but has greater adjustability.

As far as positioning goes, you want to set it up so that you are looking into the reflection of the ligt on the panel you're working. Beyond that, all other light is just that - other light. Larry from AMMO NYC has a great video about testing for hard or soft paint that explains it.
 
ski2 said:
Here's a thread from Autopia Forums regarding lighting Finally a comprehensive review of the best bulbs out there... - Autopia Forums - Auto Detailing & Car Care Discussion Forum

If you read through the entire thread there are some very interesting suggestions for task lighting as well as over all garage lighting at reasonable prices.
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Use the Eco Par30 bulb 100W replacement, its wonderful! Almost too strong, as in you'll see more than the sun. Also vote for the husky light as well.
 
Woob said:
Use the Eco Par30 bulb 100W replacement, its wonderful! Almost too strong, as in you'll see more than the sun. Also vote for the husky light as well.
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Could I put that bulb in the regular clamp light I have laying around?
 
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