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Wiring advise for lighting.
Arbalist:
Painting the walls white can also make a huge difference to light levels. All the walls in my workshop are slightly off white and the floor is painted light green.
Pete W.:
Hi there, Simon,
--- Quote from: Arbalist on March 06, 2015, 12:04:26 PM ---Painting the walls white can also make a huge difference to light levels. All the walls in my workshop are slightly off white and the floor is painted light green.
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I heartily agree with the above advice. My first workshop was a sectional concrete building that I lined, walls and roof, with 2" wood wool slabs. Walking into there felt like entering a black hole!!! I invested a few quid on a tub of cheap brilliant white emulsion paint and it absolutely transformed the place!! It didn't take long to apply a couple of coats with a roller and the effect was dramatic, even though it only coloured the surface of the slabs and left the holes between the fibres their original grey.
I do realise, though, that it's much more difficult once the space involved has acquired contents!!
John Rudd:
--- Quote from: Stuart on March 06, 2015, 12:01:05 PM ---
Please do not put the lights on a RCD protected circuit machine trips it and you go dark
You can get at a price emergency tube fittings , but a small rechargeable torch that fits into a charging station will do the job
Stuart
Stuart
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But if it goes dark , how you see the torch..... :lol: :lol: unless it's a-glow-in-the-dark torch..... Heheheheeeeee
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: John Rudd on March 06, 2015, 10:45:48 AM --- One thing maybe worth a moments thought.....add an emergency light in case of power cut/ blown fuse/ act of God etc.......just so you can see when the lights go out....??? :zap:
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Fortunately the street lamps outside light the garage just barely enough to see in it.
As for painting the bricks... i've considered it but in all honesty I just like the look of the bare bricks. There's a few people on Youtube who've painted their workshops white for the sake of filming, and it always looks a bit depressing.
Anyways I got the lights hooked up. Lots of fiddling in awkward positions.
I've been measuring the light based on what my camera decides to use for its exposure, and previously I was getting about 1/8 of a second with the roof lights alone, but now it's getting 1/30th, so it's one hell of an improvement.
Thanks again for all the advise.
lordedmond:
John
Point noted :lol:
Most of the rechargeable torches that fit in a charging station will come on when the power goes off , they are sold for this very job you leave them turned on but when on charge they turn off until they lose power
:D :D
Stuart
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