Cheap And Easy! DIY Lights For Your Workshop Or Content Creation.

Published: 2 years ago

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Welcome to The Shop! Today we're going to build some very affordable very useful dimmable lights that are perfect for using around the workshop or using for video and photo production! On top of building our very own handy lights we are going to talk about the difference between lumens and Kelvin and why they are important to your shoot. With a few cheap parts and simple hand tools these lights come together so easy! It's amazing what you can do with a little elbow grease and a few of the right parts.

In case the actual wiring part is not clear enough here is how you would wire the light and extension cord to the switch. Identify Hot and Neutral on your extension cord and light fixture just like we did in the video and run all four wires into your box. Take the Hot lead of the light fixture and connect it to either black wire on the switch using a twist nut. Now take the Hot lead of the extension cord and connect it to your remaining black wire on the switch using a twist nut. Now connect the Neutral lead from your extension cord and the Neutral lead from your light fixture using a twist nut. Once this is all done put a bulb in your light fixture and plug in your extension cord to check that the light fixture turns on and dims appropriately. If it does congratulations you have successfully wired up your light fixture and extension cord to your dimmable switch!

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These are the Tripods and Light Housings I used;

Tripods: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-Aluminum-Photography-Tripod/dp/B074VMTP68/ref=sr_1_17?crid=2NHTKSTDW8OB7&keywords=cheap%2Blight%2Btripod&qid=1651247463&sprefix=cheap%2Blight%2Btripod%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-17&th=1

Light Housing: https://www.amazon.com/Woods-Clamp-Aluminum-Reflector-Listed/dp/B000HHQ94C/ref=sr_1_21?crid=Y7WJ2CJNBLHV&keywords=cheap+metal+work+light&qid=1651247570&sprefix=cheap+metal+work+light%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-21
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