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No lights in the garage
« on: October 30, 2008, 16:27:25 »
Ive got no light in the garage - and no means to run power there , any ideas what i can use thats not to expensive to get some light in there ? idealy on a switch...
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 16:45:20 »
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 17:32:35 »
You can find decent generators for about £40-50.
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 02:46:22 »
i have got a spare car battery, could i wire up 2 40w lightbulbsor similar toit?
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2008, 11:12:03 »
Quote from: tomkbucks on November 02, 2008, 02:46:22
i have got a spare car battery, could i wire up 2 40w lightbulbsor similar toit?

If they're 12v bulbs yes , if they're 240v bulbs - they might be a tad dim ;)
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2008, 16:29:44 »
You could rig up some 12 volt spotlights (kitchen lights, that sort of thing) then to make them last loinger buy some 12volt LED bulbs for them, they consume only about 1.5 watts rather than 35 watts like kitchen spotlights.
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2008, 17:49:15 »
a small inverter and a lead lamp, or 12v caravan striplights, or as said a B&Q genny mine was £27 on offer  ;)
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 22:15:38 »
I use two caravan strip lights on a small sealer rechargable battery lasts months with occasional use but I also have a spare care battery if I am doing a lot in there.
Lights are about £5 each from caravan brakers and a good battery from a scrap yard shoudl be no more that £30 for the lot.
Remember flurecents give a good light and use very little power, a generator is expensive to run and noisy
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Re: No lights in the garage
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 18:54:22 »
My garage is quite large, and I had the same problem.  All  I did was get three strip lights, the same as you have in the kitchen, and I run them off a little generator I got from Ebay for £30.  I've built a wooden canopy for the generator to sit under to keep it dry and suppress the noise a bit.
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