Some progress on #2613

[Farrar Hudkins]

Yesterday I started re-assembling the electrical compartment of #2613 -- the bit behind the passenger seat. My relay sockets are now all in place with ordinary sheet metal screws (no need for an 8mm ratchet-wrench -- a stubby flat-blade screwdriver will do the trick). The bracket is the original rusty one, and only one rivnut was left, so I improvised on the other hole. It worked, though. I'll get some pictures later.

Wednesday's a furlough day and Thursday's Independence Day, so I hope to make some more progress this week.

Farrar

[Farrar Hudkins]

Pictures as promised.

Farrar

[stev...@gmail.com]

I love the new lights.  You are a much smarter man than me.  I usually work with flashlights at night.  

Steve Rice

#16510

On Jul 1, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Farrar Hudkins <fhud...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pictures as promised.

Farrar

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[Farrar Hudkins]

I am such a butterfingers that I drop flashlights and break them. I can't put them in my neck like Bill because I'll get a neck cramp. I had to think of another solution.

The original socket is rated for a 100W max. bulb. A CFL flood light bulb draws only 25W. I added three more lights to that which draw only 13W each. I went to Target and sought out their clip-on gooseneck lamps. They only had one in stock, but they had two gooseneck lamps with flat bases. I bought all of them, plus two 9-foot extension cords. I got a bulb/twin-socket splitter for the original fixture, and wrapped the extension cords around the rafters to stop them from hanging down too far. The clip-on lamp clips nicely to the rafter. The other two I connected upside-down with zip-ties.

I still need a flashlight to work inside the car at night, but this improves visibility in the trunk and engine compartment areas considerably.

As Bill likes to say: work smarter, not harder!

Farrar

[dvonk]

nice!  its amazing how much additional lighting can help.