Cool Pipe Lamp

andersonEE

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Feb 27, 2009
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Erie, PA
I saw this pic on reddit and thought it was pretty awesome. I'd like to make something similar for my workshop someday.

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Illum

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Apr 29, 2006
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Central Florida, USA
I did something similar, only I used a 1" PCB elbow and installed a P60 in it. Built a generic collar that screws onto a microphone gooseneck, shown here with my L4 mounted for additional light.

the contacts being mere alligator clips, a couple loops of teflon around the reflector and forced it in with a vice, works well.
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Runs on a homemade 5V stepdown from a 12V supply, which results in about 500ma foward current. Good thing with incandescents is the carelessness of heatsinking.
 
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