Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1185 on: August 24, 2022, 08:01:40 PM » Author: 108CAM
I went back to the kinder upgrade project to see what else I could find and scored 2 5 foot battens and another 4 Philips Vandalites. There was also a 2 lamp LED floodlight designed to look like a 2 lamp PAR38 floodlight that I left because it's LED and I already have one in my collection.
		Logged

Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.

Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002

Bring back the AJF Zodiacs!

Total incidents since joining LG: 18
Lamps accidently broken or smashed: 15
Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1186 on: August 24, 2022, 09:24:50 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Not today, but last light-thing I did was.. Install a new lightfixture by the deck door to replace the one I'd taken down. (New fixture is still incandescent & infact got the same lamp that was in the old one) Re-install the light by the shed door (fresh paint & it looks like a new fixture.) {both walls also got painted which was the reason for removing the fixtures in the first place}
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1190 on: August 31, 2022, 12:35:50 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Got into my "pile of junk lights" ... A stack/pile of Christmas lights in the basement, containing all the lightsets(and there's LOTS of them) that quit-working/got-damaged/was-defective/etc(& I didn't feel like fixing) over what's probably a 2-3 decade period now).
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1191 on: August 31, 2022, 12:43:42 AM » Author: 108CAM
Been trying to figure out how to mount lights in my limited space and without using the walls
		Logged

Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.

Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002

Bring back the AJF Zodiacs!

Total incidents since joining LG: 18
Lamps accidently broken or smashed: 15
Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1192 on: September 01, 2022, 12:27:49 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Repaired 8 sets of mini LED lights... Most of the problems were caused by a bad LED, so a matter of find the bad one & replace it. I have a fairly quick & easy method to find 'em. One set had a bad resistor..that took a bit more to figure out the issue there (& required snippers, strippers, soldering iron, heatshrink, + a resistor to fix) (in addition to the 8 sets that got fixed, 5 went in the 'unfixable' pile) So 13 sets dealt with so far...And that's just the beginning, there's still a large pile of lights waiting. .LOL. (whether or not the project is complete it gets ended last weekend of Sept (1st weekend of Oct starts put up time for the Christmas display))
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1193 on: September 02, 2022, 12:34:07 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
15 more sets of mini LED lights repaired this evening...
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1194 on: September 03, 2022, 11:24:44 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Yesterday evening... 4 sets of mini incandescent lights repaired Today... 18 more sets repaired
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1195 on: September 06, 2022, 12:00:27 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Yesterday.. Fixed a dozen or so more sets of incandescent mini lights. Unlike all the previous ones which needed defective/dead/broken/etc bulbs taken care of, these needed stuff like broken or defective sockets replaced....
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1196 on: September 07, 2022, 11:57:17 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Yesterday evening.. Repaired 5 sets of mini lights. These sets had wires that'd become damaged at some point. This evening.. Repaired 7 sets of mini lights. 1 had a cracked socket, 1 had a wire that was never connected at the factory, the rest all had dangerous factory defects like bare spots on wires. Also repaired 2 sets of LED lights. 1 with a bad solder joint on its resistor, 1 with a damaged wire.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2022, 12:52:01 AM by xmaslightguy »		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1197 on: September 08, 2022, 11:21:35 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
This evening.. Five sets of LED lights fixed, which involved: 1 cracked socket replaced 2 bad resistors replaced 1 wireing defect repaired 1 damaged wire repaired
		Logged

ThunderStorms/Lightning/Tornados are meant to be hunted down & watched...not hidden from in the basement!

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1199 on: September 09, 2022, 07:51:28 AM » Author: 108CAM
1200 replies! Keep it up!
		Logged

Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.

Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002

Bring back the AJF Zodiacs!

Total incidents since joining LG: 18
Lamps accidently broken or smashed: 15
Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3