reloading room lighting

[BATattack]

hi all!

im in the process of building a loading room and have been scratching my head with what to do about lighting. basically fluros are out due to electronic scales but what else is out there that will give a nice even light without causing a lot of shadows?

I know there has been a lot of advancements in lighting lately especially with LED's etc but I was wondering if anyone has a bit of expertise in this department that my be able to steer me toward something suitable for a reasonable price?

[RobC]

I don't have any expertise on the subject however I replaced the fluorescent lighting in the reloading room with LED tubes. The scales don't seem to require zeroing as much now. Cheers Rob

[RAVEN]

Adam brite white LED's would work great
be warned the light is very white

[Longranger]

If fluoros cause issues with some electronic scales (I don't find this to be a problem), you could try the electronically ballasted type. Leds can have some electrical 'noise' as well. Using low voltage units with the power supply mounted as far from the bench as possible may help.
I am in the process of building a loading room as well. Good lighting is essential.

[Brad Y]

Just a normal bayonet type light will suffice. No need to over complicate things. Run filtered power supplies and make sure there are no drafts/breezes coming into the room.

Also dont have kids or your mrs will kick you and your reloading gear out into the shed where its damp, has flouros and has wind blowing into it

[BATattack]

If fluoros cause issues with some electronic scales (I don't find this to be a problem), you could try the electronically ballasted type. Leds can have some electrical 'noise' as well. Using low voltage units with the power supply mounted as far from the bench as possible may help.
I am in the process of building a loading room as well. Good lighting is essential.

OK interesting! So may be jumping put of the pan into the fire with some LED you think?

What exactly causes the interference with scales? There has been a lot of talk regarding problems but no one has really explained why? Does the issue come from a field radiating from the lights or is it something that effects the scales incoming power like a background frequency? What should we be shopping for when looking at lights?

[BATattack]

Just a normal bayonet type light will suffice. No need to over complicate things. Run filtered power supplies and make sure there are no drafts/breezes coming into the room.

Also dont have kids or your mrs will kick you and your reloading gear out into the shed where its damp, has flouros and has wind blowing into it

kinda half way there mate!! The mrs is moving in 2 weeks so we've got 2 houses worth of furniture to put into one. Currently I've got one gun room and one reloading room but she wants to have somewhere for guests to stay and an office. . . . . Pppfffff over rated a bit I recon but that's what she wants! Haha

I have to do something as it's getting hard to find some space to load some crackers! I'm in the process of building a container into a strong room / reloading room with benches and shelving, lighting and RC/AC so it will hopefully be a good thing once it's done and portable to a new location as needed but at the moment having to divert time to that is putting the handbreak on burning powder

[Longranger]

If fluoros cause issues with some electronic scales (I don't find this to be a problem), you could try the electronically ballasted type. Leds can have some electrical 'noise' as well. Using low voltage units with the power supply mounted as far from the bench as possible may help.
I am in the process of building a loading room as well. Good lighting is essential.

OK interesting! So may be jumping put of the pan into the fire with some LED you think?

What exactly causes the interference with scales? There has been a lot of talk regarding problems but no one has really explained why? Does the issue come from a field radiating from the lights or is it something that effects the scales incoming power like a background frequency? What should we be shopping for when looking at lights?

Possibly stray RF interference. I had electronic scales that drifted but in all likelihood it was not fluorescent lighting that caused it, just crappy design of the load cell hardware. Leds of the low voltage variety may be better if in close proximity to your scales. Look for a colour temperature around 4500K for a good light colour. Triphosphor fluoros are still the pick for best lighting as LEDS don't have as good a colour spectrum.


I am right in the process of building the room so this topic is timely. I may go the lv led route but fit rf suppression ferrites when installing the lights.

[Barry Davies]

My Gun/Loading room is 10' x 8' with a centrally located 40 w fluro as well as a 40w globe mounted almost directly above the digital scales ( FX 120I ) operated from mains supply.
Never had any problems associated with the fluro.
Never had any problems- period.

[Brad Y]

Just a normal bayonet type light will suffice. No need to over complicate things. Run filtered power supplies and make sure there are no drafts/breezes coming into the room.

Also dont have kids or your mrs will kick you and your reloading gear out into the shed where its damp, has flouros and has wind blowing into it

kinda half way there mate!! The mrs is moving in 2 weeks so we've got 2 houses worth of furniture to put into one. Currently I've got one gun room and one reloading room but she wants to have somewhere for guests to stay and an office. . . . . Pppfffff over rated a bit I recon but that's what she wants! Haha

I have to do something as it's getting hard to find some space to load some crackers! I'm in the process of building a container into a strong room / reloading room with benches and shelving, lighting and RC/AC so it will hopefully be a good thing once it's done and portable to a new location as needed but at the moment having to divert time to that is putting the handbreak on burning powder

Though about the container myself. Looking at a 1200m block to build on and Im tempted to grab the 8 tonne digger from work and go and dig in a 20ft container into the ground. Be good to fireform cases and keep entertained with the air rifle too!

[aaronraad]

Though about the container myself. Looking at a 1200m block to build on and Im tempted to grab the 8 tonne digger from work and go and dig in a 20ft container into the ground. Be good to fireform cases and keep entertained with the air rifle too!

...I keep dreaming of finding 300m linear of concrete pipes up for auction on GraysOnline starting at $9++...

[ecomeat]

Aaron,
apparently an old TR shooter built exactly that on his farm in the Numinbah Valley, in behind the Gold Coast many years ago. Some members of the Qld TR team used to go there to develop loads and practise.
I have spent quite a bit of time trying to find the bloody thing, but all of those who knew it are either getting on in years, or else passed away.
I havent given up just yet
Tony

[flatlina]

I have a 20' container set up for my reloading. Still a work in progress. Has been lined with cool room panels, split aircon and a large stainless steel loading bench. I will be using LEd lights. I've never had a problem tho with flouro's and my chargemaster. Not to say I haven't had problems with them tho. On my fourth one now. if you google .358 versus chargemaster you will see what I did with one of them.

Regards
john

[Macca]

i have shit loads of fluro lights in my loading room. i have high end balance scales and high end digital scales. the fluros dont do anything to them