Pat..are you looking for a real arc lite for your shack?
This keeps nagging at me because the quality of such light is excellent even if they are high maintenance.. What do you have in that respect?
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My old ham elmer regaled me with stories of banks of 2-2000 Eimac rectifiers and 2000T Triodes that he could read by the light of. Not sure how much exaggeration was there, but he said the filaments were just enough, but the plates would run yellow hot he TX was keyed and really light things up. He always talked about that kind of stuff then later asked me why I wanted so much power..
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I thought about low voltage incandescent lighting, 12V/28V, and so on -very dimmable and pleasing.
A friend has hundreds and hundreds of lamps from 1000W stage lighting bulbs, to projector excitation types which give a warm low-key light and are almost free for asking.
I think I'm done with incandescents for new work except where aesthetics or harsh environments demand it. So many special LED lamps now give the old-time light with 1/3 the watts, why not use them?
For work-lighting in future, maybe when run out of the F40T12 fluorescent lamp stash for my troffers, LED direct wired 4 FT 'tubes' will likely go in. By then will be cheap too.
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"eventually" once I am rid of about 2/3 of my junkbox, the operating position should be able to be separate from the workbenches and parts storage and each space could have its own more attractive and appropriate lighting, in addition to those plastic 'curtains' to save on HVAC. The outbuilding itself has the basic comforts including a water heater, shower, toilet, and sink.
I always admire how some folks have done a 'through the wall' installation where the faces of the large racks-sized transmitters are seen but there is room behind them for wiring, spares storage, and repairs. A nice commercial console would complete such a station - those folks usually have lots of space, like a whole garage.