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Originally Posted by gunnut
I bought one of those battery powered emergency light with LEDs. It's kinda useful, but the light tends to be on the blue side which I hate.
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I've got a LED headlamp that I use for poking around in attics, panel boxes and other dark places. For close up work, its fine. The blue light does wash the electric wire colors out sometimes. For residential work no biggie. It sucks if you want to see more than 5 feet away.
Speaking of this, Why do electricians never put a light where it will give good lighting in the panel box? I've noticed that they are normally behind you. I just love working around bus bars in the shadows.
If I need to see a large area or doing precision work I carry a small halogen flashlight. Very bright light in a small package but it gets hot real quick. Not something you are going to stick in your pocket after its been on for 10 min.