Illuminating a garage with no power (uk)

[Lewis.]

As above please guys. I have resorted to renting a council garage as am moving house soon. I've already started to paint it white inside. However, I have no power which therefore means no fluorescent light. Anyone have any ideas or can recommend good products for lighting it? Also need a good cordless task light but there are so many on the market it's confusing.

Thanks. Lewis


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[dlcwent]

Lewis....LED lighting uses very little battery power and gives tons of light. I can't steer you toward any one in perticular, but that's probably what I would do. Good luck.

 

[Dugan]

How about running a generator?

 

[Lewis.]

Thanks guys.

I did consider a generator but it's a bit antisocial. Are there's ones you can run that charge an internal battery, then plug something in when the engine has stopped to provide power?


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[p_mori7]

You could use a power pack and some 12V lights. (many LEDs are 12V, and there are 12V fluorescents) Just remember to charge it up at home before bringing it to your storage space.

There are also power packs with internal inverters to generate 120V. But based on your location, your stuff probably runs off 240V.

Kinda like this:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/m...ator-800a-powerbox-0112014p.html#.U4XvPtCsGc8

Inverter-Generators are pretty quiet nowadays !

 

[G_P]

Get some 12v LED light bars intended for vehicles. Then get a couple 12v deep cycle batteries and wire them in parallel. This should operate the LED lighting for a considerable amount of time. You can then take the batteries home and charge them back up when they get low.

 

[Lippyp]

How nice an area is it? Could you get away with mounting a solar panel on the roof to charge a 12V battery and then use LED lights inside? I have a setup with an 80W panel over at my holiday home that charges a deep cycle leisure battery via a charge controller that in turn runs two 12V extractor fans and an ultrasonic pest repeller when I'm not there as the power is always left switched off at the mains. Longest its been left is about six months and it was working like a champ when I returned.

 

[nehog]

Lewis....LED lighting uses very little battery power and gives tons of light. ...

That would be my advise too. Each night take the battery home and recharge it.

 

[ratdoggy]

Propane camp lights? Is this temporary until you move into a different house?

 

[Stuart in MN]

I work with a lot of city maintenance departments, and in the back of just about every service truck is an old rear view mirror off an old car or truck. If they want to look down inside a manhole, they use the mirror to reflect sunlight down the hole, and it works as well as any flashlight.

If you're working in the garage in the daytime, I wonder if you could do something similar.

 

[TheEquineFencer]

Buy an inverter and wire it to the car/truck you drive over to the storage unit and run a drop cord out to the the inverter for AC power. I'd stick a few T-8 with 6500K bulb fixtures in the ceiling and go to work. a Tandem T-8 draws about 1.1-1.2A at 120V with would be about a 11-12A draw at 12V. You could use a couple of deep cycle batteries wired to the inverter and use you vehicle to charge the batteries if they get low.

 

[Hesketh]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LENBO-White-floodlight-Outdoor-Lights/dp/B008XZARRK/ref=sr_1_14?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1401966857&sr=1-14&keywords=12v+10w+led+spotlight

these are just what you are needing. 12v so wither run off the car batt or take a spare one along each time you go out.
I have a couple on the boat shocking how good these are

 

[DXB]

Hi Lewis, what way did you go with your lighting options in the end and are you satisfied?...

 

[mobilus]

Hesketh, that's exactly what I used under a party shelter out at one of the ponds far away from the house. They ARE amazing, especially considering the price! I had a truck battery, put it in an old toolbox, wired in a switch and a fuse block...works fine. Drawing only ten watts apiece, it'll take a long time between charges.

 

[Strouty]

Here you go:

http://freshadda.com/images_adda/bulb_using_bottle_and_bleach/