Electricity getting very expensive in the Workshop

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awemawson:
Yesterday I replaced the remaining 24 tubes in the main workshop - some amazingly inaccessible over various machines - in fact the four that span over the Beaver CNC lathe one needed to walk on top of the machine enclosure. To my great surprise the wife volunteered which probably a very good thing as she must weigh about half of what I do !

. . . only another 41 to go in various other outbuildings and workshops but in all likelihood I'll leave them as they are 'occasional use' only.

vtsteam:
Andrew how is the light level? Does it feel brighter in there now?

awemawson:
Yes very much so Steve for several reasons I think:

A/ The LEDs are actually brighter

B/ Although most of the fluorescents were less than a couple of years old a significant few weren't

C/ The fluorescent tube were pretty grimy so not allowing all the light out

D/ I was greatly inhibited from turning on lights, putting up with a bit of gloom. But much less so now!

vtsteam:
Same here. :thumbup:

Jo:
I keep thinking about replacing my fluorescent tubes with LEDS but they still provide a very useful low wattage workshop heater especially useful at this time of the year when I have turned off the night storage heater out there.

I may have mentioned that I am the proud owner of a 4KW solar array which means that in spring/summer/autumn all power use in my workshop is "free" :ddb: The painful bit is winter when the sun is not that strong so there is not a lot generated :bang: but at that time of the year I need to heat the workshop so a few extra watts of funded warmth is not going to be sneezed at.

On a slightly different usage of the LED in the workshop: I have a couple of the smallest LED flood lights mounted on the end of a goose neck with a 6" tarpaulin clamp on the other end for securing them. Very handy for over illuminating areas when the need arises :dremel:

Jo

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