500 Watt Portable HALOGEN Work Light $6.99

[wsmith5]

at Aldes ( spelling) good cheap work light

 

[hevnsnt]

You mean Aldi's?

Any info?

 

[TTM77]

can U get a tan with that?

 

[wsmith5]

yah Aldi's thats the ticket..............looks something like this.....work light

 

[phonemonkey]

Nice light. We've got one that helps to give a bit more light in our kitchen (which is woefully underlit).

 

[RU482]

I wonder what the BTU rating on a 500W Halogen light is. It could serve as dual perpose in my kids basement toy room (light and extra heat!!)

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: redly1
I wonder what the BTU rating on a 500W Halogen light is. It could serve as dual perpose in my kids basement toy room (light and extra heat!!)

bad idea. these things give off an insane amount of heat. if you like your kids alive i wouldn't use it as a permanent fixture

 

[RU482]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: redly1
I wonder what the BTU rating on a 500W Halogen light is. It could serve as dual perpose in my kids basement toy room (light and extra heat!!)

bad idea. these things give off an insane amount of heat. if you like your kids alive i wouldn't use it as a permanent fixture

Well, I was thinking I would hang it about a foot below the ceiling pointed downward or at an angle...it's not like I would leave the thing on the floor where they can touch it.

 

[wsmith5]

the 500 watt halogen bulb was recalled in the torcere type lamp because of excess heat, but can still be used in work lights, why I'm not sure but maybe because of the heat shield ............try a sun lamp bulb in a proper fixture for heat from a lamp...imho

 

[eyeguy]

waste of electricity
get an initially more expensive flourescent worklight and it will pay for itself hundreds of times over in electricity costs.

costco usually has them

they look like this http://www.budgetlighting.com/acart/agora.cgi?p=Lights_Of_America&cart_id=5344997.369*aT5aB3&keywords=worklight&exact_match=on

at 5 hours a day

Summary
Sub-CFL 5 Year Cost (lamps and electricity): $106.40

Incandescent 5 Year Cost (lamps and electricity): $476.60

Sub-CFL Cost Savings: $370.20 is a 80% savings

Sub-CFL Energy Savings: 88%

Sub-CFL Lifetime (months): 52.6

Incandescent Lifetime (months): 13.1

Average Usage (hours per month): 152.1

Investment payback will occur in 4 months.

 

[KKCC]

As for heat, would't it be the same as a 500 watt heater?

 

[kcbaltz]

Not unless your heater puts out blinding light. They're hot, and people joke about heating with them, but it's just a joke.

 

[Woozle]

Originally posted by: KKCC
As for heat, would't it be the same as a 500 watt heater?

Yes, a 500 watt bulb creates 500 watts of heat. Some of the heat will escape through windows by conduction, convection (if they're not air tight), and radiation, but the same can be said for a plain nonluminous heater.

The bulb in this work light probably does get very hot and should be kept away from children. The light could be a fire hazard if it's designed improperly. The torchere lights were a fire hazard because of the high bulb temperature coupled with the design of the shade which allowed items like curtains, paper airplanes, etc., to get caught on the shade in close contact with the bulb. On a standard room lamp the bulb is cooler and the shade allows most foreign objects to fall through or at least be far enough away from the bulb to keep them from catching on fire.

 

[gigajoule]

Originally posted by: redly1........I wonder what the BTU rating on a 500W Halogen light is. It could serve as dual purpose in my kids basement toy room (light and extra heat!!)


3.412 BTU/Watt * 500 Watts = 1706 BTUs

Not too safe or economical as a heat source as stated by others.

 

[huesmann]

It's a freakin sun lamp! 🙂