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Outside lights
Bob Scott made me jealous when he said that his club had outside lights. (We have headlights.....
.)
We have a shed/barn with wiring inside ..... no outlets outside.
Does anyone have any ideas for something to rig up outside (with extension cords) to light up maybe a 25x25' area? It's not beside the shed, so not floodlights hanging on the shed wall. There are no trees close by, but there are aluminum poles that hold up the shade-awning.
It would have to be set up and taken down each time, but it's only once a week or less that we are there after dusk.
Just a suggestion of what words to Google ............
Bob Scott made me jealous when he said that his club had outside lights. (We have headlights.....
.)We have a shed/barn with wiring inside ..... no outlets outside.
Does anyone have any ideas for something to rig up outside (with extension cords) to light up maybe a 25x25' area? It's not beside the shed, so not floodlights hanging on the shed wall. There are no trees close by, but there are aluminum poles that hold up the shade-awning.
It would have to be set up and taken down each time, but it's only once a week or less that we are there after dusk.
Just a suggestion of what words to Google ............
Re: Outside Lights....
Thanks!!!!
OK, I would REALLY appreciate it........ just so I have an idea of what I'm aiming for!Lynn Cheffins said:
Thanks!!!!
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DIY light
Hi Connie - I didn't get the best of pictures but they at least show the idea of the thing
this shows the cheap and dirty floodlight
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this kinda shows(with a branch in the way) the light when it is up
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also shows my shedding dogs
this one shows the light folded
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this is great cause you can change the light bulb without a ladder
what I would do in your case is take a car tire rim and fill it with cement (mortar mix works good) and leave a hole big enough for 2 inch ABS pipe. I would make the upright standard out of the ABS pipe and the off-set arm out of something light - like 1 X 2's and just drill a hole thru the ABS and put a bolt and washers. then just use another piece of 1 X 2 for the arm brace with a strap hinge and some method to secure it in place(like an eye-bolt and snap). this way you can fold it down, pull the ABS out of the tire rim and just roll it away to store it. Then you just need an extension cord. I find with the light elevated it lights up a good sized area quite well. I am going to make one with the ABS as I made another running yard for the dogs and I will take a picture of it when it is done.
The wood one I have is great but darn heavy! Handy plce to hang the kennel hose out of dog reach, though :wink:
Hi Connie - I didn't get the best of pictures but they at least show the idea of the thing
this shows the cheap and dirty floodlight
this kinda shows(with a branch in the way) the light when it is up
also shows my shedding dogs
this one shows the light folded
this is great cause you can change the light bulb without a ladder
what I would do in your case is take a car tire rim and fill it with cement (mortar mix works good) and leave a hole big enough for 2 inch ABS pipe. I would make the upright standard out of the ABS pipe and the off-set arm out of something light - like 1 X 2's and just drill a hole thru the ABS and put a bolt and washers. then just use another piece of 1 X 2 for the arm brace with a strap hinge and some method to secure it in place(like an eye-bolt and snap). this way you can fold it down, pull the ABS out of the tire rim and just roll it away to store it. Then you just need an extension cord. I find with the light elevated it lights up a good sized area quite well. I am going to make one with the ABS as I made another running yard for the dogs and I will take a picture of it when it is done.
The wood one I have is great but darn heavy! Handy plce to hang the kennel hose out of dog reach, though :wink:
Lynn, not to derail my own thread, but the sled dog is gorgeous! The huskies were my first love. I've got two husky mixes and I'm fostering a silver sable GSD/husky mix that is a real beauty. He's only 40 lbs, though, so a teeny bit on the small side. If he was like 60 lbs, I'd think about adopting him myself. Smart as a whip, other than howling in his crate until 3 AM the first night I was fostering him. Didn't make waking up for Schutzhund the next morning very easy. :roll:
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*nods* I know what you mean. It seems like I always have to explain to everyone that Siberians should top out at about 60 lbs, most Alaskans are 50ish or less, but it's the Malamutes that are typically the big ones. Everyone thinks my husky/Rott mix is like 80-90 lbs, but he's only 60. I blame all the fur and his big wide Rottweiler girth.
Awesome! - I'm glad it worked out, now you can post us some pics of the night training....
I gather you already know about my digital camera retardedness.Lynn Cheffins said:Awesome! - I'm glad it worked out, now you can post us some pics of the night training....
I couldn't even have an avatar here until I got my neighbor to take digital pictures of my dogs, then get Woody to turn them from .JPGs into some other kind of file.
That reminds me that poor Leo-the-Pug hasn't been my avatar for weeks! His turn now!
I will learn, though. I've been told that my computer (an iMac) is the easiest of all to "do" digital photography on.
And I have the digital camera (in the box). Gettin' there!1 - 20 of 22 Posts
