Ary-made worklight....gauging interest

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Arya Ebrahimi

Arya Ebrahimi

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Alright guys, this stemmed from spressomon's lightforce work light thread.

After reading it and seeing the prices people were willing to pay, I feel I can offer a superior light for the same money.

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Please see the following webpage for more details.

Ary-made worklight

Feel free to post any questions here, PM me, or email me.

I'm hoping to get about 10-15 people interested. If I can do that I will order the supplies to make 20 which will help the material pricing, making this a feasible project.

Please keep in mind that I am a fulltime college student, but I will do my best to be as prompt and thorough as possible with my replies. I know how much customer service can play into a purchase, and I intend to do my best to keep everyone satisfied.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Ary
 
i could go for this idea and would rather support a mudder's macgyver tendencies. hook it up with a cig adapter and i'd be in line - hell i'll play guinea pig if you like.

couple things:

- plastic coat is good idea for magnet
- single three position switch vs. two independant switches would be more user friendly.
- would prefer about 6-10' cord to allow for placement. would use from rear cigarette adapter for late night camp arrivals.

that aside, looks nice and bright.
 
Ditto:

Especially the part about helping one of our own!
 
Ary-It looks nice and bright, but at 110 watts, it's going to draw lots of power. Without a dual battery system, you would have to be very careful using this light.

My understanding is that you want to make a camp light, to assist putting up camp, cooking meals, or doing repairs after dark. A 12v flourescent would give more light for fewer watts-I would look at going that route. It wouldn't project the light as far, but it would still be useful for your target uses.

If I could put in an order for an ideal light, it would be for an array of George's LEDs, on a magnetic base. That would give lots of light, low power consumption, and still be handy and durable.
 
ary that is very nice but a little too specialized for me. I have been meaning to get a 12 volt trouble light that is attached to my firewall, but I would want something smaller to use for engine work.

what would also be very cool would be a rechargable portable work light capable of workong off or taking a charge from a 12v dc outlet. I have a milwaukee 18volt work light from a set. the light is very good but I can't recharge in the bush because, like most nicad chargers, it won't work with an inverter.
 
semlin said:
I have a milwaukee 18volt work light from a set. the light is very good but I can't recharge in the bush because, like most nicad chargers, it won't work with an inverter.
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Why not hook up 2 12V batteries in series and use 24V to charge it.
 
MrMoMo said:
Why not hook up 2 12V batteries in series and use 24V to charge it.
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You can't charge it from a DC power source unless you could exactly duplicate the output of the milwaukee brand charger. I lack the book larnin to do something like that.
 
The advantage to this lamp housing is that it uses standard H3 bulbs. Therefore, if you wanted to use 2 35W bulbs you could.

The other thing is that I am planning to add the switches so that you can simply turn one bulb on, only drawing 55W(or whatever the installed bulb draws). Theoretically it could even be set up with 1 35W and 1 55W(or some other comination of bulb wattages).

I appreciate the input guys. I'm planning to get a coiled cord that is 3-4' collapsed and 15-20' extended. Does that sound like it would be a good length for your guys' uses?

Hopefully with the work week beginning tomorrow I should be able to get quotes back on the outstanding parts I need.

Keep it coming guys, constructive criticism is always welcome.

Ary
 
semlin said:
You can't charge it from a DC power source unless you could exactly duplicate the output of the milwaukee brand charger. I lack the book larnin to do something like that.
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Uh,look on the back of the charger.

And yes you can charge it from 24V (wouldn't be the best for it)

Charging source voltage must always be higher than the battery being charged (that's why your alt doesn't put out 12.6V)
 
Semlin, what exactly are you looking for in a light? The light I'm proposing can easily be stuck to the bottom of the hood and used for engine work(have done it several times myself). With only one bulb on, there should be more than enough light for troubleshooting/emergency wrenching, and you wouldn't be drawing down the battery as much. Your input is appreciated.

Ary
 
Hook up with George and get some LED's in there. You could also include a tow hitch/4-flat adapter to power off of the trailer hitch wiring.
 
Arya Ebrahimi said:
Semlin, what exactly are you looking for in a light? The light I'm proposing can easily be stuck to the bottom of the hood and used for engine work(have done it several times myself). With only one bulb on, there should be more than enough light for troubleshooting/emergency wrenching, and you wouldn't be drawing down the battery as much. Your input is appreciated.

Ary
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I probably need to see it in action to appreciate it.

I'd rather have the light have its own battery power so I can use it for a while without worrying about the truck battery. using the truck battery in the bush makes me very nervous especially when i already have engine trouble.

since I end up climbing into my 80 engine bay half the time I'm working on it, my instinct is an overhead magnetic light would get blocked or knocked by my body quite easily. I'd rather have something like a conventional caged trouble light that I can hang up or lay in the engine bay wherever I am working, and also manouever to see stuff down low that is blocked by shadows with an overhead light.

I will say that when working outside on my truck at night (no garage) I often use plain vanilla ikea living room bridge lamps set up next to the truck shining into the cab. If you used some kind of a clamp mount that could attach the light to a tree branch or even the ARB bumper so I could do this, that would appeal to me more than a magnet mount, and I could supplement it with a cordless travel light.
 
semlin said:
I probably need to see it in action to appreciate it.

I'd rather have the light have its own battery power so I can use it for a while without worrying about the truck battery. using the truck battery in the bush makes me very nervous especially when i already have engine trouble.
These already exist.



since I end up climbing into my 80 engine bay half the time I'm working on it, my instinct is an overhead magnetic light would get blocked or knocked by my body quite easily. I'd rather have something like a conventional caged trouble light that I can hang up or lay in the engine bay wherever I am working, and also manouever to see stuff down low that is blocked by shadows with an overhead light.
These already exist.

I will say that when working outside on my truck at night (no garage) I often use plain vanilla ikea living room bridge lamps set up next to the truck shining into the cab. If you used some kind of a clamp mount that could attach the light to a tree branch or even the ARB bumper so I could do this, that would appeal to me more than a magnet mount, and I could supplement it with a cordless travel light.
These already exist.
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I think Ary is trying to offer us something that does not already exist in the marketplace (other than importing it from Aussie land).
 
spressomon said:
I think Ary is trying to offer us something that does not already exist in the marketplace (other than importing it from Aussie land).
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I do not know of a rechargeable cordless trouble light that I can charge or run off a 12volt car battery if need be. Do you?

As for the rest of the feedback, when things do not exist in the marketplace it is useful to ask why not? Perhaps Ary's light does not appeal to my repitlian core and he needs to discover the core for trouble light.
 
semlin said:
I do not know of a rechargeable cordless trouble light that I can charge or run off a 12volt car battery if need be. Do you?

As for the rest of the feedback, when things do not exist in the marketplace it is useful to ask why not? Perhaps Ary's light does not appeal to my repitlian core and he needs to discover the core for trouble light.
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How about a Petzl LED head lamp (the 5-LED type are fairly bright...however not 35-55W incandecent bright!). I carry one in the LC glove box. They are great when doing work on the vehicle...don't have to worry about overhead light block/shadows; handsfree op, etc. and I use rechargable batteries which I recharge with my 12V charger along with the batteries for my 2-way radios, GPS and mag-lite.
 
Not trying to Hi-jack here..... but....

semlin said:
I do not know of a rechargeable cordless trouble light that I can charge or run off a 12volt car battery if need be. Do you?
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Yes, they are called Streamlights http://www.streamlight.com/

Look at the FireBox

http://www.streamlight.com/firebox.htm

They are very bright. Almost standard equipment on the Fire/rescue boats I build.

Just for information sake, now, back to the real thread....... :)

 
Firebox lights are HEAVY!! We've got them on our VFD trucks and they are nice lights but not really a great worklight just because of the bulk.

I would really be interested in something cordless, LED, lightweight with both magnetic and hanging mounting options.

Smaller size with intense LED lighting works best for my needs - good luck with your project, that looks pretty good for a broad application aux light.
 
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