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Heating options sure open up when you go 240 Volt! 
I posted about this and my uncle told me to install shop lights.
Why? I have one light to rule them all!
The first time I saw Harbor Freight's shop light on sale I bought it for the shed, which I was using as an office. It worked well, but I wanted more, although I ordered this 6-pack off of Amazon for $44. It is $42 now.
I don't know what I will end up using in the shed. I want something recessed because the ceiling is already low.
I like the idea of recessed lights, but someone pointed out that one will eventually burn out and you won't be able to find the same one to replace it.
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08-24-2022, 12:57 PM
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Surface-mount 'sun' light:
The Fresnel lens is important to tweak the inverse-square falloff.
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08-24-2022, 01:35 PM
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He makes great projects!
I have always kind of wanted a giant Fresnel lens for a solar scorcher: I always wonder what you could do with a solar scorcher. Turn random hydrocarbons into charcoal?
Melt metal?!
I'm sure you could melt metal, if it is thin enough, one point at a time.
That would be an interesting proof-of-concept, but I can't imagine trying to melt scrap sheet metal.
You know, if you could melt metal, making charcoal might be difficult, since you could burn through the container!
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08-24-2022, 02:19 PM
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I bought a big-screen TV oncet, thinking I could use it as a monitor, but the pixels were like 1/8th inch square. It was a no return item so I just donated it back to them.
Would I had known.
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08-30-2022, 11:25 AM
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Heating options sure open up when you go 240 Volt!
I posted about this and my uncle told me to install shop lights.
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One bright light is better than one dim light but multiple points of light are better. The more points of light and the farther they are spread out the fewer shadows you get. Mine are arranged so I can park a motorcycle in the middle and have light on both sides and front and back. |
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09-05-2022, 12:34 AM
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Good point. At some point I should run shop lights so I can properly see the periphery of the garage.
[sigh]
Add it to my list.
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