Flood light ?

[sberry]

My stuff is old, I keep repairing lights and my stash of old 500W qts are too maintenance intensive and costly. I need some lights for stands, I should have 500 style and some smaller one with 250 or 300.

 

[6768rogues]

I have replaced 11 of my lights so far with these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01900EK3I/?tag=atomicindus08-20
The lights are bright and very white, only using 30 Watts. There is a photo cell on them, so the ones I placed indoors have the photo cell painted over so I can run them manually.

 

[Platonic Solid]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075CYHX8J/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I like these. A lot.
Very sharp clean cutoff lines.
Wiring, you'll need to know. Brass= brown

Quote from link: "30,000 hours, or 21 years with 6 hrs/day of use". They must have shorter years in China.

 

[Cheepbeer]

I bought a couple led work lights at rural king. Mounted them in place of the arm burners on the stand. Work fine.

 

[sberry]

I bought a couple led work lights at rural king. Mounted them in place of the arm burners on the stand. Work fine.

This is essentially what I want. I really don't know anything about lights. Is a 500 watt halogen really 8500 lumens? I see some cheap ones in this style of case 11$ Home Depot etc but only 1000 lum. It looks like a modest one may be in the 50$ range? I really wouldn't need them as bright as a 500 I spose. I need 3 or 4 and could use a couple smaller.
I was trying for semi economical if I could help it. I thought maybe there were some in the hoist pic, I have 3 for it, 2 of which are on stands on a side I can turn to front or rear wheels.

 

[bushmechanic]

My stuff is old, I keep repairing lights and my stash of old 500W qts are too maintenance intensive and costly. I need some lights for stands, I should have 500 style and some smaller one with 250 or 300.

If you're willing to spend the money and have compatible batteries, the Milwaukee portable work lamps will blow those halogens out of the water, deploy like lightning, and are extremely versatile; also having three settings on at least the model I have.

Best light I've ever bought, and it has made me never want to touch a conventional flood light again. They're expensive, but one of them will replace more than one conventional light, and no extension cords are needed.


At least one will accept a cord, though, as it has a built-in charger. You don't have to use it, though.

 

[dogdog]

Quote from link: "30,000 hours, or 21 years with 6 hrs/day of use". They must have shorter years in China.

It's an OR statement or those Chinese just can't do math.

probably a lot of assumptions in that math. Not sure what your math is.

6hours / day * 5 work weeks a day * 52 weeks per year * 21 years is about the same as 30,000... either case I never seen bulb that actually meet that life span no matter the COO....Yes Fudge math, to make the numbers looks better.

 

[ducksface]

It's an OR statement or those Chinese just can't do math.

probably a lot of assumptions in that math. Not sure what your math is.

6hours / day * 5 work weeks a day * 52 weeks per year * 21 years is about the same as 30,000... either cause I never seen bulb that actually meet that life span no matter the COO....

I typed about 600 words as to why. I deleted it because it was an education in nothingness and a lesson in futility.

Short version:
Marketing wise 240 days is a work year. The math comes to 30,000+.
Marketing and logistics and ethically determined usage shows they actually shorted themselves a month or two on their 21 year claim.

Thanks for bringing it up.
It's pretty standard.
(minus sick days, China is a 250+- day work year. With sick days they are at our same 240.)

 

[dogdog]

I typed about 600 words as to why. I deleted it because it was an education in nothingness and a lesson in futility.

Short version:
Marketing wise 240 days is a work year. The math comes to 30,000+.
Marketing and logistics and ethically determined usage shows they actually shorted themselves a month or two on their 21 year claim.

Thanks for bringing it up.
It's pretty standard.
(minus sick days, China is a 250+- day work year. With sick days they are at our same 240.)

LOL you should have posted it.... I like math just can't do math.

I learn nothing from nothingness, so did I learn something from nothing... If I have learned nothing, pretty sure somethings are nothing and I have learned nothing from somethings.....

 

[Platonic Solid]

So weekends don't qualify as "days". OK. Didn't mean to waste anyone's time. Apparently I just don't think that way. Unless otherwise stated, all days qualify as one day, any other creative esoteric interpretation is unethical advertising.

 

[dogdog]

So weekends don't qualify as "days". OK. Didn't mean to waste anyone's time. Apparently I just don't think that way. Unless otherwise stated, all days qualify as one day, any other creative esoteric interpretation is unethical advertising.

yea just take it with a grain of salt... fudge math... and it's OR statement.. they should have said work days... instead of day... but then it would have over complicate things... like those new Curriculum in alternative thinking they brain wash kids these days.

 

[Platonic Solid]

ducksface - I don't offend easily. I've jousted in a few seriously caustic conversations here on GJ. I mostly read past the rhetoric and try to stay focused on the core topic. Granted, I've offered no useful insight in this thread so I better fix that.

sberry - This looks like a good deal on what I think you're looking for $26.40 each (link), free shipping and they are UL Listed.

 

[sberry]

Yes, those look like they would work. I will order a couple.