Darkside wrote:
IkeSouth wrote:
for general use, those old style trouble lights work fine. for mechanics working on cars all day its a whole different story.
I see that.
I would love to have a trouble light that has a nice magnet on it and a swivel head... but runs on AC and has the 10amp plug, because I have to carry around 70w bulbs cause they last me like 4 weeks at best cause I bump it on stuff all the time.
What about a normal extension cord, say 40ft, with one of those 3-gang outlets on the end? I could easily make a light with just a 10ft cord to plug into the extension cord, and that would leave you with a light plus two outlets. That would be best of both worlds, wouldn't it?
Otherwise, it really wouldnt be hard to just move the power supply down the cord near the light, say 6ft off, and add an outlet into that. I would probably make it a metal bell box though, because it would get thrown around and stepped on a lot. The only problem I foresee would be the bulkiness/weight at the outlet box, but maybe that wouldn't be much of an issue in construction use because the light stays stationary for the most part. I would use quality outlets too.. maybe not hospital grade, but they would be dozens of times more durable then what you get in those other lights.