Thursday, October 22, 2015

Converted deak lamp to LED

I had this desk lamp for a very long time. I loved it but hated it because of it's 100w halogen bulb. It would get so hot that the metal would be scorching. It was also a waste of electricity.
Fast forward, I decided to hunt for parts on eBay for LED parts and controllers. I found the pieces and a month later I got the parts I needed to start disassembling and retrofitting my lamp to become a LED lamp. Here is the result. I love it.
The bare LED is super bright and it's only 20 watts. 
I went to TapPlastics and bought a scrap piece of 1/4" P95 acrylic (.75¢) which I tabled sawed to 6.5"x3.75" to be used as a light diffuser.
Et voilá!
I love it.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Drove 11+ hours to Ventura County and back yesterday

 Left 6:30am for Highway 101.
5+ hours later I bought these cactus and picked up 4 mango trees.
 Then I drove home. This tunnel was cool, albeit short.
When I got home, I was completely exhausted.