SHINE A LIGHT ON THE PROBLEM!

There was a time when a mains-powered wander lamp was all you could hope for when it came to illumination, especially when working underneath a vehicle or in the darkness of a wheelarch. The yellow glow of fading fluorescent tubes never really helped, and when brighter halogen bulbs came along, we were often either nearly blinded by their light or burnt by the heat they generated. More recently, the technological advancement of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and rechargeable batteries means there is now a range of lighting equipment that’s portable and sufficiently bright to help with illumination, but also directional to ensure you’re not left squinting at the glare.

Whether you’ve kept up with technology or not, the following pages outline some of the latest lighting equipment that’s mains- and battery-powered (rechargeable), which provide illumination courtesy of LEDs that consume a low amount of power, but produce lots of bright white light. The strength of this light is usually measured in lumens, which is sometimes a little misleading. For instance, an 80-lumens pen light that shines a small beam of light to help illuminate inside the access hole in a brake drum is perfectly sufficient for the job, whereas an 80-lumens underbonnet lamp is about as much use as a candle. So, for larger areas of illumination, more lumens are better. Over the following pages, we’ve noted the typical lumens output for different lighting equipment to help with this matter.

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