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| converted magnifier light |
My Luxo magnifier light stopped working recently. It turned out to be a bad ballast. The light is a very expensive unit and has proved invaluable for lighting and magnifying various tasks in my shop. I needed to fix it, but unfortunately I could not find a replacement ballast. So I decided to convert it to LED lights.
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| the light |
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| removed the bad ballast unit |
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| removed the light housing |
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| LED strip from Radio Shack |
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| removed the protective silicone covering and used foam tape to mount strip into light housing |
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| had to make cuts to get it to follow the curve |
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| used solid core wire to bridge the gaps |
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| LED strip mounted in housing. Not shown: soldered LED wires to existing wires in magnifier. |
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| LED strip requires 12v @ 1.5A. Found this old Power Wheels battery charger in my pile of junk |
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| spliced power supply into magnifier power cord |
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| It works! Nice and bright. Original power switch turns it on/off. |
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| view from above |
