Had a friend who went to Costco today to buy some stuff. When I heard they were going, I told them about the light I was looking for and asked them to see if they had any there. Got a call about two hours later and was described what they had in stock. So......I have a 4ft LED shop in transit. Will let you know how it works after I get it installed.
Reloading Bench Lighting ?
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GarySTL
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I have several of those lights in my garage. I think you'll be pleased.
mikemyers
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I just found this thread - I think I'll buy one of these to go over my reloading bench. Right now I have "adequate" lighting, and with the light I ordered for my Pro-2000 I think I'll be OK, but the 4' light not only will be better for the bench whole bench than what I've got now.
Steve Cover
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Good lighting for your reloading bench is a must.
LEDs seem to be the current fad and would work well.
Since I use my bench for a lot of different things than just reloading, I chose to illuminate the bench rather than just one of my six presses.
I have mounted swing arm lamps to the upper corners of my reloading bench cabinet.
I can reposition them as needed.
When not needed I just push them out of the way.
My “Old School” approach
Steve
LEDs seem to be the current fad and would work well.
Since I use my bench for a lot of different things than just reloading, I chose to illuminate the bench rather than just one of my six presses.
I have mounted swing arm lamps to the upper corners of my reloading bench cabinet.
I can reposition them as needed.
When not needed I just push them out of the way.
My “Old School” approach
Steve
mikemyers
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Having thought about this thread, and all the ideas in it, I decided to rebuild my loading area lighting. It's a small "workshop" in what used to be a large closet. Some of the lights and stuff in it were put in place 20 years ago, so I could work on radio control race cars.
All the old lights, extension cords, cables, and stuff came out. That was a good opportunity to clean out stuff I (hopefully) won't need. Around 5pm I went to Ace Hardware, to get a new light.
The choices were pathetic - the one that they assured me would put out "a lot of light" turned out to be less light than a flashlight running on empty. I went back and spoke to one of the support people who knew what's what, but he couldn't help me - until he found a light that had just come in - nobody knew anything about it. It's 40" long, about what I needed, reasonably heavy (good!), and it feels like it's built for military use - rugged.
It was easy to mount, with the included chains, and when i turned it on - wow!!!!! It's hard to describe how bright it was - it "felt" more like what doctors would have in an operating room.
After I had it hooked up (literally) I searched it out on the internet:
Not a very good photo - it's not blue, just white.
The one I bought is 40SLSHP3840ND-120V. I think it's 3800 Lumens. It's also available in a 4800 Lumen model, which I would have bought, given the chance, but which I'm now glad I did not buy.
The price at Ace Hardware was $50, less than it's going for on Amazon.
Added later - I forgot to mention it comes with a good, thick, heavy duty electrical cord and plug, not the toy wiring most lamps come with!
All the old lights, extension cords, cables, and stuff came out. That was a good opportunity to clean out stuff I (hopefully) won't need. Around 5pm I went to Ace Hardware, to get a new light.
The choices were pathetic - the one that they assured me would put out "a lot of light" turned out to be less light than a flashlight running on empty. I went back and spoke to one of the support people who knew what's what, but he couldn't help me - until he found a light that had just come in - nobody knew anything about it. It's 40" long, about what I needed, reasonably heavy (good!), and it feels like it's built for military use - rugged.
It was easy to mount, with the included chains, and when i turned it on - wow!!!!! It's hard to describe how bright it was - it "felt" more like what doctors would have in an operating room.
After I had it hooked up (literally) I searched it out on the internet:
Not a very good photo - it's not blue, just white.
The one I bought is 40SLSHP3840ND-120V. I think it's 3800 Lumens. It's also available in a 4800 Lumen model, which I would have bought, given the chance, but which I'm now glad I did not buy.
The price at Ace Hardware was $50, less than it's going for on Amazon.
Added later - I forgot to mention it comes with a good, thick, heavy duty electrical cord and plug, not the toy wiring most lamps come with!
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