jollystomper
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Since there are a lot of veteran tinkerers on this forum, I am looking for some ideas...
I have installed a LED shop light with a pull chain to provide more light in a section of our basement. Because of where I have to place it, it is some distance away from the entrance to that part of the basement, and when it is dark you sometimes have to flail your arms around a bit to locate the pull chain and turn on the light.
My idea is to attach something to the pull chain chord to make it easy to see in the dark. Some initial ideas:
I have installed a LED shop light with a pull chain to provide more light in a section of our basement. Because of where I have to place it, it is some distance away from the entrance to that part of the basement, and when it is dark you sometimes have to flail your arms around a bit to locate the pull chain and turn on the light.
My idea is to attach something to the pull chain chord to make it easy to see in the dark. Some initial ideas:
- Attach some type of "glow-in-the-dark" string/chord. The question is how long with the glow function last until requiring replacement.
- Attach a small LED light with a long lasting battery to the chord. Only concern would be remembering to turn it off when the light was turned on, and vice versa, to preserve its light.
- Attach a solar powered light, similar to those lights one would install outside, that only power off when there is no light, and recharge when the light is on. I am not sure how well that will work in a area where the only light will be from the LED shop light.
- The shop light has an outlet for stringing several of them together. Perhaps plug in an AC-to-USB adapter and then use a small USB light aimed towards the chain. I will need to test this -e.g. will the outlet still be live if the light is turned off.