Cool Pipe Lamp

[andersonEE]

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

 

[LEDAdd1ct]

Yeah, but the heatsinking must be terrible! :whistle:

 

[ABitDark]

Awsome!

 

[sunny_nites]

Make that out of copper instead of iron and you'd have a heck of a heat sink!

 

[MikeAusC]

Yeah, but the heatsinking must be terrible! :whistle:

. . . . . but the plumbing isn't attached to a sink ??? ;)

 

[Illum]

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.

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.