Having sold my old lathe and put the replacement Myford in it's place I thought I would replace the work light as incandecent bulbs are not available after Tues. Another EU law.
The light I put up makes the chuck appear stationary IE strobing.

Question What type of light can I use to stop the strobe effect.
Regards Denis.

Am I not right in thinking that you can still buy 'energy saving' halogens from Osram and the like which are filament type but use 30% less power?

JC

Hi dunno about strobing but we bought a work lamp for a new lathe from Axminster tools recently- real sturdy thing with a decent base to bolt onto wall/ window ledge etc

hth
Mike

It's only 100w that are being banned now. There will be a phasing out of other wattages over the coming years but

Halogens are classed as 'energy saving' so will remain available. In IKEA you can buy halogens with normal bulb fittings (Bayonet Cap and Edison Screw) for far more reasonable prices than the Osram ones you see in B&Q etc.

Halogen downlighters??

I will try to replace the light with a small halogen one.
Thanks fella's'
Denis.

Hello Denis,

You need to install a DC lamp

Andrew

Yeah, i would replace the 100w std bulb with a 70w '100w replacement' type halogen.

I have them in my room here now as well as in the garage worklamps. Makes odd 'warming up' noises and everytime i drop the worklamp the waste over a stanard bulb gets me, espcailly as they seem less roubust, but there we go. Thats progress for you?

I would move onto LED work lamps or simualar but the expensive and i havent got around to it. But yes, florecents for moving machines is very much a no-no and infact forbiden in many workshops where the general lighting is usally florecent and its only the lathe light that actaully make it look moving!


Daniel

have a look at ikea,they do some nice ones for pennies

ah, the strobscopic effect ah, well you could use high frequency fitting instead, or if you have 3 phase suplly put to of teh same fittings up and power them off direnet phase, or just use a gl fitting

stuart

Use 100w equiv energy bulbs in your work lights - they are far more robust than normal bulbs. You can also get some from screwfix that have the L value (or is it R?) that makes them closer to sun light.

Although if you ever do break them remember the give off mercury.

Sorry this doesn't help the OP but i wanted to share, i've been using an energy saving bulb in the garage for years (and not had to replace it)

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Halogen downlighters??

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