Adam Savage Upgrades His Workbench LED Lights!
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2023
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We can't believe it's been almost five years since Adam installed his Loc-Line articulated LED lamps for his shop workbench, but it's time to refurbish and upgrade the lights with a hard-wired power cable. Adam disassembles each lamp and solders in power directly from a wall wart power supply, and makes them much more reliable to operate!
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Doesn't this modification remove the benefit of the barrel connector 's ability to spin freely in the unit? Seems Adam spins these about quite a bit and I'm wondering if he'll have an issue with over twisting on the wires and connections.
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@@jeffcook5048 he doesnt spin them, he just bends the arms into shape a bit
Discount code doesn’t work for us in the UK which is disappointing
I always found very impressive the fact that he managed to kill more than one xenomorph in order to use their tails as lamps, truly the remarkable feat of a true hunter
A chicken cannon does remarkable damage to xenomorph chitin as it turns out.
I think it's more that Adam merely helped show the yautja how to properly build and weather their trophy displays in exchange for some "building materials".
You can always reframe the, “unsexy” jobs as Housekeeping. And then perhaps just schedule periodic Housekeeping dates… (like the first day of the month or Monday mornings, or…). I find that a little reframing goes a looong way to tackling the tasks we all know need to get done but we might find uncreative, or unsexy… they’re investments towards Playful projects.
Remember, at least one was done for him when the fancy workbench was made for him a while back, so while he certainly pioneered the method he can't take _all_ of the credit.
@@Diremouse42 I love the imagination in this and the original comment! Y'all should clearly be writing the next Predator movie!
Since this is being put out there to the world, a short critique that I think would be really helpful to others who might copy it:
* the previous incarnations of these lights failed due to lack of strain relief. The video showed no strain relief being added to this iteration either which is likely how they will fail in the future. An extremely cheap and simple means of strain relief that will greatly increase the service interval on this is just putting a bit of heat shrink tubing on the wire where it exits the enclosure (to support the wire at the stress point) and then a zip tie closed tightly around the shrink tubing enclosed wire within the housing to keep it from pulling out of the housing. This means that there will be no strain on the relatively weak and brittle solder connections.
* In most of the videos where Adam wires things up he uses permanent soldered connections or occasionally some form of wire nut. In another video he rightly goes into the hazards of using a standard NEMA 120V plug/socket for this sort of thing and how you should never do so for anything other than 120V power but he never suggests a type of connector that would be useful. He would do extremely well to find a type of connector that will work well for the things he does and use that for most of his builds. In this manner he can easily move power supplies around or disconnect assemblies for repair/cleaning/upgrades/shipping/etc. Given the things that I see him work on, I think he would do very well to use JST SM connectors for most of the things he does. They are designed to be wire to wire ("inline") connectors. They're fairly small (smaller than most of the permanent connectors he uses) but not so small as to be difficult to work with without expensive tools. They support lots of different numbers of wires (anywhere from 1-10 or more) and this can help differentiate connections. They have a simple positive locking mechanism. And they're extremely cheap and easy to use (You can buy a box of 500+ connectors in an assortment of sizes for about $15 and a crimp tool for about $15). They're good for low voltage DC applications up to about 3 amps. In addition to buying raw connectors, it's also easy to buy them in "pigtails". These are widely used for power and data on LED strip lighting. There are better inexpensive connectors for things that might need more power but it's extremely rare that I've seen Adam go into this realm.
* Had he put a standardized connector on these, it would have made sense to wire up multiple lights onto a single power supply. If he were to split the output of the 8A power supply into multiple pigtails with his standardized connector he could put multiple lights on it _and_ he could have a 12V power supply for any other project on his bench that he might be working on at that moment.
Completely agree. It's also noteworthy that stuff like these low-voltage LEDs & similar electronics are quite sensitive to voltages, so using a 12.6V PSU may lower the working lifespan of a 12.0V light; amperage will only take as much power as needed, so anything above the minimum (or rated) original PSU amperage will work just fine (tho will perhaps be wasteful and/or even potentially dangerous if you go too OTT in a high-wear environment such as a workshop
Generally agree, though if sharing the PSU with the lights and a project, it is helpful (or necessary) to have each output separately current limited. Then if you short something on your project which blows the fuse or breaker, it doesn't take the lights out with it. Kind of like arranging circuits in a house so the lighting in a room is on a different circuit than the outlets, so if something does trip a breaker, you still have light to figure out what happened.
@@snafu2350 While that's absolutely true of inexpensive lights, I believe that the lights that he's using have a separate internal power supply since they're designed to work off of a 12V DC supply or a Sony "InfoLithium" battery with a nominal 7.2 volts (but ranges from 6V - 8.4V depending on the state of charge). Since they're designed to run off of battery packs, ideally they have a proper high efficiency, constant current power supply to drive the LEDs but barring that they will at least have a simple buck converter that can provide a precise voltage output with a wide voltage input range.
@@xuthnet Tks for this; v useful :)
@@strehlow I agree that it's often worth isolating the different connections. And for certain things I absolutely have a fuse block between my power source and my many outputs (with a separate, properly sized fuse for each output). This is far more important when you have a larger battery providing power (and I've personally seen fires when people were running lights off of a central battery without fuses). But in this case, this type of power supply generally already has overload and short circuit protection that will reset as soon as it is no longer overloaded and the small uses that this gets put to are not likely to be problematic. It would be possible to hurt the lights but it's not very likely assuming you weren't combining other power supplies.
Adam, you may want to throw some hot glue or Silastic where the wire goes through the body to help keep it in place and prevent rubbing. Also to act as a Strain Relief.
I agree WRT the strain relief, tho I'd have simply put an inch or so of heatshrink sleeving over the wire that spot, possibly with the addition of a rubber grommet for the hole if I had one that size to hand
The ones I built have a 3D printed part to connect the light to the locline which I designed with a post for a cable tie for strain relief.
I was waiting for him to pull out a box of something and do just that, and was shocked when he didn't.
And or knot the wire.
@@wobblysauce That's an OK technique for eg mains flex, but I found that it didn't work as well for low-voltage thinner feeds. Double insulation (ie both outer & inner cores) works pretty well as a shock buffer, but thin, single-insulated stuff such as the pairs Adam's using don't like the tight bends the knot induces & start to fail over time, even if stranded core :(
22:53 I love it when Adam counts like the owl who determines how many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
I think Adam Savage is the only guy that can make me excited with a 40 minute video about LED lights.
If u watch at 0.5 speed ypu can watch him twice as long.
Totally makes sense that the light videos are one of the most popular videos, EVERY maker needs good light
Adam thank you - you inspire me sir.
Also...friggin love those solder/heat shrink wire to wire connectors. Just ordered a bunch. Had never seen them before and I'll be using them all the time on my dodgy little home electronics diy jobs!
I like when Adam panics over the zebra strips display. I've definitely done that before
I got a couple same model Viltrox when you did the first video about these lights and I love'em. In fact, I am powering them from 1.5amp wallwarts. Because I use them for a wide variety of tasks, including photographing small, shiny objects, I also added a diffuser layer into the housing. My neighbors had a big LCD TV that'd gotten busted which I nabbed from the trash and harvested the lighting guts from, which is where the diffuser came from.
I like those heat shrink crimps. I’m planning some low voltage lighting works in my garden, and these would be ideal for an added layer of waterproofing in place of the usual compression crimps. Gonna order some up right now.
Proof that none of your shop infrastructure is ever 'finished'. Also I love the editing on these. 31:58 made me do a double take!
As always, an entertaining and educational video.
Now, if I may, a tip and a story.
First the tip, keep a bit of wax ring for a toilet nearby. It is just the perfect bit of stickiness to dab onto the tip of a screwdriver to hold the screw while you manipulate it one handed and in rank defiance of gravity.
Second, the story. Inspired by your build of these led lights, I set out to build my own. I used some goosenecks from some old Powermatic lights (my dad worked for Powermatic in the 60's, I have a box full of them) to create the same sort of task lighting as you did with small square LED fixtures. However, I found that my aging eyes didn't get along well with the shadows that my hands, head, and various shop tools caused. So, I got an 8" LED ring light from Amazon and affixed it similarly to a gooseneck. Now I have a light that I can get very close to my work and see what I am doing through the ring. The light is between my face and where it needs to be so it doesn't shine back into my eyes. Seriously, you need one of these.
Adam thank you for solving a longtime mystery of mine, I have a ton of those Viltrox L116T lights and have always wondered what they look like inside👌🏽
Last week I was doing some electrical work in my house, and finally pulled the trigger on getting some wire strippers like yours. It was a total game changer!
Upgrading lighting is so satisfying. I just upgraded my light for work. 2 directional with magnets and rechargeable, perfect for the side by sides I work on
Those lights actually inspired my own shop lights, and by shop I mean my computer desk in my room.
They used to be 2 of those ring light smartphone holders, I removed the smartphone holders and mounted the lights to a sturdy desk mount, and they have been serving me well ever since
My identical light runs fine off a 12V 2A wall wart I found in my box full of wall warts. Much smaller than the ones you have. The cable out of the wall wart was also long enough to thread all the way through the locline, so no extra splices or connections required.
Thats what I plan to do as well. The listing for the light on amazon even has a wall wart suggested as a paired accessory by the same company that's a little cheaper than the one listed in the video description (assuming I don't have some lying around ).
Nice set up. Good way to start the morning.
you should tin all your connections for soldering, so in using the seal and solder connectors it's doing a disservice to the termination of the joint "In My Opinion", and takes nearly as long as old school soldering and heat shrink tubing. Maybe run a kill-a-watt device between your power supply and service to test the actual current draw required before switching to a smaller form factor power supply/wall wort.
I love those heat shrink solder connectors. I've used them on my motorcycle (wiring in a USB port and heated grips) and my car (wiring power for a backup camera I installed).
On permanent installation of electrical things that have barrel jacks i put a drop of super glue on it before I plug it in. Has worked well so far.
I use the same lights and love them (got them years ago to review) and love them. never realised the LEDs were just around the border! the light as always been so even across the surface. Great vid as always brother!
At 35:03 Adam uses these small integral "solder seal" connectors. Great stuff! They also make a version for shielded cabling (microphones, etc). MY SUGGESTION for extra protection, and longevity, is to put a longer length of heat shrink over both these two shrink connections and wires. More is better! My $0.02
Light is awesome, never can have enough of it when working on things. Definitely a good choice to wire them up directly, I’ll be doing the same ^^
I have a Viltrox light like this, and within a week of getting it I wired a 2x 18650 cell holder to the battery terminals. Wiring straight to those terminals is indeed the fastest way of going about it, if you don't care too much about looks.
Interesting problem, glad you fixed it.
Cool to see the shop upgrades from the recent video already complete in this one!
My Milwaukee heat gun I've found doesn't heat those splice packs enough to get the solder flowing to my satisfaction. I usually end up getting out my butane heat torch for those. Thanks for sharing Adam!
I love the hand model in the background flipping the bird! LOL. My daughter did the same to my Infinity gauntlets and it took me two months to notice them, being they are on the top of a bookshelf like Adam”s are!! I wonder if someone did the same to him and he hasn’t noticed yet!!!!
After you put the case back together did you leave the power brick plugged in? I’ve paused and wincing like crazy every time your elbow/watch almost touches it. Don’t die Adam! 😂
Adam, thanks for this one day build. It addresses one of my concerns with the original design; exposes a connector to the rigors of working with these lamps. I did do some research after the session an found out that they do make a wired battery substitute for this type of lamp that snaps into the battery holder on the back of the light. My preference will be to wire that into the arm so in the event I have to replace the light assembly I would not need to rewire a nee lamp.
Accidents do happen and replacing a lamp seems like something that would be likely.
Thanks, I too was thinking about this issue and just never thought of doing it another way
The battery for the lamp is a NP-Fxxx (550,750, etc) the wired battery “dummy” is a GyroVu High Power (4.5A) D-Tap to Dummy Battery Straight Adapter Cable to Replace NP-F550
Available from online vendors.
Have a great day!!
could just print the battery adaptor
@@djh4life2100 hi, the battery’s connection to the lamp is done by two female cylinder tubes. Mating with the two pins in the lamp’s battery connection. Finding the right size tubular connectors and incorporating them into the print could be problematic. I purchased a wired battery substitute for the lamp. It is just OK. It will work but the battery locking clip in the lamp is not the best, so it is not as robust as Adam’s hard wiring solution.
For me, these kind of projects are quality of life projects which I find the most satisfying.
Im unreasonably hyped for this. Loved the first one
Adam, thanks for all the amazing content. Because of you I became an electrical engineer, and microsolderer by trade! Might I recommend, if you ever rebuild your soldering caddy again, look into the Pinecil by Pine 64. Their little iron beats the TS100 in my opinion, and is USB C PD powered, it may allow for more longevity over the DC battery!
They make a power adapter supply for NPF-970 batteries. I would have gone that route vs. get inside those.
Props to the editor for swapping the sneeze audio with the continuity tester audio, nice touch
I noticed it too. Props to the editor!
these are actually some of my fav kind of builds on the channel lol
i bought that soldering iron hes using from when he first put that station together. that thing rocks! i also bought the ifixit pro tech toolkit. next to a grounding strap i would call these essential items for IT or just tech guys in general.
I was just going to ask which one that is, looks really nice, where would I get one? My cheap one I've had for 10 years needs to retire lol
I couldn't help but notice that when you pulled your headless lamp over it became its' own helping hand.
12 volts at 8.5 amps is 100 watts. Just one of those supplies can power like 10 of those lights.
I was wondering the same. I plan to give it a try with a single power supply when I make mine.
Love your videos, Adam! Why did I laugh so hard when you got zapped? Been there; done that!
When it is a new light and cable. Hot glue the connection and hot glue a anchor point (s) for the cable. No dust ,moisture, stress and most importantly zero moving.
I am running mine (and i own 5 of these panels) of 12v 2a plugs that came with an old-long-since-dead routers
I'm surprised to see Adam not using little magnetic cups to hold those small screws! I love mine when working with small stuff
Yeah, if it was me, and i didn't use magnetic dishes, half the video would be me looking around on the floor for screws.
If I were to build this (I use the light with a small tripod), I would prefer a 1/4” screw camera mount on top, so anything - light, camera, phone, etc. - could be attached. Not concerned about running a power cord - I use a NP-970 battery for the light. Maybe a universal clamp solution at the bottom too.
34:54 These "solder connectors" that you used I use all the time at work throughout wire maintenance on aircraft. Although, officially, we call them "environmental splices" due to the self sealing ends. You don't need heat shrink on top, but it's a nice aesthetic touch lol
Wow, I'm the exact opposite. If I have a task hanging out there in front of me that is unsexy, where I know all the steps... I will *TOTALLY* prioritize that one over the larger more complex loomingly abstract ones. Those are the ones that I put off. Sometimes that bites me at work, so I have to keep that tendency in check. Great video, Adam.
I'm actually in the process of updating my lighting set-up. Would love to integrate some LED panels like this.
My solution to the moveable light problem was to get a pneumatic monitor arm that comes off of a post and mounted a pistol grip ball head to the end of it that the light attaches to. It has all of the same mobility, 10x more stable, and no obnoxious creak when you move it.
For my version of your light, I used a wall wort power supply. I glued it to the pole with the prongs facing out. This allows me to plug in a 2 conductor zip cord extension cord on the wall wort. If the extension cord has tap with one plug on one side and 2 on the other side, it gives you two ungrounded outlets on the light pole. Thanks Adam for a great idea.
I saw the lights flickering a few videos back, and thought to myself "Oh this is gonna be a ODB video sometime soon I can feel it" :D
Always a great video mr Adam Sir
I always tie a knot in the wire before threading it through the hole in these types of fixes. Prevents pulling on the soldering connections and transfers the stress to the case in the event the wire gets yanked
Last night I watched the “new workbench” video and the “workbench mods” video and thought, “I wonder if that same workbench by Andrew is still what Adam uses. Then this video is going over the bath mods done again! Excellent! Thanks for answering my un-asked question!
I don't know where Adam got those solder-sleeves, but I highly recommend getting it from Raychem, instead of the cheap chinese ones. They come with flux in the solder, you get full wire penetration. CWT-9001 are my favorite.
I actually use the peak design bag 20L Everyday as a partial camera bag. But mostly with my R6 + 1 lens on the bottom shelf and that is my everyday carry. Everything else is for other stuff and Dell XPS15 Laptop. For everyday sruff, it performs well. It falls short for multiple lenses and stuff.
@10:33 Adam tried to take his glasses off but he wasn’t wearing them lol
if I may make a suggestion, get some of those orange coloured "terminal blocks" that you can clip wires into for testing without soldering or messing around with other connectors
While this was certainly a groovy project (I definitely enjoyed all of the flexi-lamp videos and made one myself because of the original), I personally prefer to keep mine vanilla because not only does it stay modular it also makes it easier to replace individual pieces once it finally gives up the ghost.
Tip: When threading a wire through a hole, it is a good idea to tie a knot in the wire before threading. That way if anything pulls on the wire, it pulls on the knot and not the solder connection.
That’s a pretty cool workbench.
Mind Blown! 🤯I didn't know about those solder connectors. Thanks!
Whenever I determine the polarity of otherwise unmarked wires, I tie a small half-hitch knot in the positive one ... from many angles, the knot resembles a small + sign. No need for tape or paint ... and it won't rub off!
The knee pads hanging on your back wall are the best things since sliced bread. I love mine
Love you Adam!
Did I hear an evil henchman laugh at 25:00 😂
As soon as I saw that white frame poke out underneath the PCB I thought to myself "welp, we're about to have display issues". I'm a little surprised Adam hasn't come across Zebra Strips before though. Just goes to show we never stop learning, thankfully, would get pretty boring otherwise :)
Yea, I just assumed it was a zebra stripe display.
With the compression provided by housing.
10:48 The "Sneeze Beep" edit was Brilliant Norm, I lol'd, for a split second I thought you were bleeping it out then when I realize what the beep was 🤣🤣
While you had things apart, the cabling laid out and the multimeter out it would have been easy to measure the current draw of lamp 🤔 Possibly you might have heard the mental shouting at the CZcams screen. 😁
Me2 😁
I was doing much the same thing. Alternately Adam would do well to have one of the many very cheap benchtop power supplies for working with his devices ($40 - $100 online depending on the details). They will output whatever voltage you want, can be current limited so that if you accidentally short circuit something it will do minimal harm to what you're working on (eg set the max current to maybe 0.5A when doing the initial smoke test and you'll instantly know if there's a problem but it will generally take several seconds before a short causes something to fail), and all the while you'll know exactly how much current you're drawing so you can use an appropriate battery pack/power supply for the final power source.
I swear, I wouldn't be the tinkerer I am today had it not been for iFixit's microbit set. Bought my first set over 10 years ago and I've gone through 3 of them, because my students kept borrowing it.
A lot of those lights take a 7.2 volt li-on battery. You did tap the battery power connections so that might be over driving the micro chips. Just something to check.
Where can we get those flexible arms the lights are mounted on. I have a light weight mic and want those for a mount please send a link to buy from
Adam, you should have plugged a light in with the old supply, but put your meter in series with one of the wires, and put it in current mode, and measured how much current it draws, then choose your adapter based on that. 12V and capable of however many amps you measured plus a small cushion.
I need like 5 of these in my tiny tiny shed
Looking at it, the point where he cut the connection seem to be battery connection points on the back. Which i was thinking wouldnt it have been easier to make a battery jig to connect to the already present external connection points instead?
I solved this issue by getting two batteries - it solved lugging around the extra power adaptor too.
I like Ifixit tools I use them almost every day at work taking apart phones and computers
Can you post the Amazon link to the wall wart power supply you used in this modification?
13:30 The moment Adam discovers zebra connectors.. 🤭
24:44 Did Adam remove a black wire and replace it with a red wire? He mentioned earlier they might be reversed but I don't remember confirmation. Maybe they're AC but then why would they be color coded?
9:10 Truth and Beauty lol sounds like a Baroness song title.
I appreciate knowing that I’m not the only individual who keeps every single wall wart that crosses my path.
Maybe a "Glasses Cam" could be cool for showing what you are doing in some of your intricate project videos.
Hey Adam... I am not able to make that white piece or do the cutting and drilling and all that for these lights, is there another option that I can buy that would be easier to attach and run the cord out the bottom to an outlet? I want to use this set up to film videos with and I intend to attach that magnet to my fridge. Can you help please? Thanks:}
BOP
use dthose little solder sleeves all the time in avionics maintenance. We called them bottle rockets, because the ones we got had a ground for shielded cable. Great little tools to have on-hand.
this is so awesome
What is the new base for these lights I made some like the original video and have problems with being top heavy
Hi Adam just wondering what is the type of wire stripper you use in this video. 🤓🤔 love to know 🤓
Hey Adam how did u made that soldering iron stand with power , please tell
Adam could've looked for 12V bridge rectifiers. Those would be tiny boards he could just solder the lights to on one end and straight AC wires on the other.
I don't think straight hardwired is your best option here. If you use it enough to wobble out the barrel connector before, you'll probably adjust enough to break wire now. Maybe should've went with a stronger plug in type connector.
The colour of the wire rarely matters, nor is representative of its function! :)
"One. Two-Hooo. Three." Adam Savage, Gen X confirmed.
I use sewing machine/tool lights. Magnetic and just as bright. I have had 2 for 14yrs.
So how were they wired? One wall wart, two lamps? Parallel or series?
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You didn't see me this time so you will definitely not see me next time! (there's no camera in my TV and I will keep it that way).
Job nicely done Mr. Savage! No more blinky blinky on the workbench! :)
What clamp is pictured at the end of the mount?
Inheritance machining channel camera ceiling mount is what you need Adam
Am I the only one that gets satisfied seeing things Adam builds for his shop being used?