A question for Rick about the light.
How often do you change the position of the lamp over your work bench?
My bench has good natural sun light most morning but then I would need the
lamp.
This means I would be swinging it back and forth several times a day and
worry if the
lamp changes angles easily and often without breaking.
Thanks for the suggestion, perfect timing.
Sharron…in sunny central Mexico where I also like to work at night
I think you can get them from jewellery supply stores in many countries. Different brands but it its always the same lamp. Made in china but quality i quite good.
6500k white 14watt tubes gives strong white color. Lamp stand is stable yet you can easily change lamp position.
Overall it is very good lamp for this money.
I would like to ask how many lights are you using at your bench? Only one or more?
“For Your Information”, why are there two tubes on some benches lights…and
then some have three?
Did you know that the bulbs flicker generally at “16 cycles/times per
second”. Never just get one bulb, as your eyes will pick up the pulsating
cycles, unknown to you & give you eye-strain or headaches…YUK!
The second bulb cancels out the first pulsating bulb…to a point!! The
third bulb cancels out all of the two, then you can work for hours on end
with no ill effects!
One of the things I’ve noticed with my LEDs is it’s very difficult seeing mild firescale on sterling. When I chose these replacement bulbs, I picked “daylight” (vs. warm white or bright white) for the color. Have you found having the four different color temps on this task light help with seeing imperfections like firescale?
You can easily see firescale when you put your object on clean white surface like sheet of paper. Light helps but I think what is reflecting on your subject matters most.
Greetings, lamp sounds great use a “3” myself great for soldering also. But if there is not a defuser covering the tubes then those rows of little globes will make every thing twinkle and drive you crazy.
John S
