Sussed out garage lighting with no power

[timboellis]

I have posted this question before suggestions were generators , power inverters etc.

So i am just back from the garage across the road after cleaning the bike as I now have plenty of light.

This is what i used

I ripped apart 2 UPS's (For the non geeks a battery within an enclosure used for powering IT kit on power loss) pretty much a standard bike battery slightly smaller.

2 x 25w 12v Hallogen bulbs wired up hung up in the garage rafters and a shit load of light .

So i have 1 to use and 1 on charge ready to go when the other one packs in .


I have left the light on just now to give you an idea of how long it will last.

[G]

These batteries are often sold as 'leisure batteries', however from my time 'on the scene'* there are a lot of questions how good they are for this purpose. Issue being their designed to be kept charged all the time, then only discharged fully a few times in their life.

May be that this requires similar setup to your typical leisure battery, maybe not.

*, the 'self build motor caravanner club' scene that is .

[kawakid]

Have you thought about using a Shed solar light?

It's LED lighting, but it works well in my shed in the garden.

I think it's 3 or 4 AA batteries.
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[truslack]

[timboellis]

well 2 hours and still going

[CaNsA]

[Groove]

This maybe a stupid idea but what i have always wondered is could you power a battery charger from a battery so it powers itself?

I guess not, otherwise they would be in cars.

But WHY not?
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[Jim Mc]

If you used a regular 45Amp hour car battery and hooked up a couple 11W flourescents it would give you ~20hours of light.

[Groove]

[Blackwolf]

You could, but you would nver get the same amount of power back.

Energy is no created it is changed form one form to another, when you have a light bulb running, not only is light created, infra red is too. which is lost to the surrounding area and cannot be got back woth out another kind of exchanger.

Take my local coal fired power station. is only 30% effective so of the 10 tonnes of coal burnt, only 3 tonnes of that makes electricity, the rest is in thermal, friction and other losses.

Its one of the Thermodynamic laws
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[Charlie]

Thought about doing this?

I am going to give it ago whenever I own something that needs natural light.
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[iooi]

What about a solar trickle charger Here for £9.99 @ Maplins got to be worth a shot.
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[tvchimp]

[binge]

[timboellis]

All i want if for is when i am on nights i can switch the light on see what i am doing when putting the bike away and out and for the occasional fixing etc. so on average the light will not be on for any length of time

[MarJay]

[tvchimp]

[SpicyBlimp]

[MarJay]

For those who don't believe in the laws of thermodynamics:

https://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/012011/troll_laptop_charger.jpg
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[truslack]

[T0MMY]

If you got lost in the desert somewhere you could just keep drinking your own piss, pissing it out again and drinking it again...live indefinitely without water.

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[thefallenange...]

Buy a generator or are times that hard?
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