Hex Garage Lights 😍

[Steviejay01]

Ordered these a month back from AliExpress, 90 quid absolutely thrilled with them, they are mega bright too, so now my beautiful Coupe is chilling in its own little showroom on a carpet being lit up like a Christmas tree

If anyone is thinking of doing the same all I'll say is work from the middle out, and upgrade your lighting breaker in the fuse box because for some reason when you switch these on they pull a lot of power initially then run on hardly anything.
Well worth the wait and the effort

 

[Steviejay01]

Actually £69 my bad, plus postage obviously.
This setup fits nicely in a standard garage if anyone is interested

 

[Micke]

Those look fabulous, I wish I had a garage in which I could install those

 

[RMB]

Nice, very tidy garage too.
These lights remind me of blockbusters w Bob Holness!

 

[enuff_zed]

Nice, very tidy garage too.

The neatly folded polishing cloths are reminding me of my Basic Training, making bed blocks and boxing my shirts!

 

[RMB]

Oh yeah! I missed those. Blanket, Sheet, Blanket….

 

[markplant]

What rating was the MCB before you uprated it, and what is the running load if you know , does look good

 

[DevonPaul]

What rating was the MCB before you uprated it, and what is the running load if you know , does look good

More to the point, how much are they overloading the wiring by as they warm up?

 

[markplant]

More to the point, how much are they overloading the wiring by as they warm up?

One issue at a time

 

[CuppaTea]

Oh yeah! I missed those. Blanket, Sheet, Blanket….

Never ever thought I'd see anyone claim they missed bed blocks

 

[Zedebee]

That’s not a garage, it’s a hotel room

 

[Pondy]

and upgrade your lighting breaker in the fuse box

You should ONLY do that if you know you have a cable large enough. Lighting circuits are 6 amp in the UK (standard) with a minimum of 1.0mm2 cable wired to them. If you change the breaker to anything larger than 10 amp with a 1mm2 cable you risk overheating the cable and causing a fire.

If your lighting circuit wiring is 1.5mm2 (some are some are not) then you can increase the breaker to 16amp.

All are subject to how the wiring is routed, as different 'containment' and lengths of cable runs have different maximum amperages for a given cable size.

Basically, unless you know exactly what you are doing DO NOT increase breaker sizes just because you want to, or need to for the lighting connected to them.

The first and most important lesson I was taught with electrics was "the breaker (or fuse) is only there to protect the cable".

 

[Pondy]

because for some reason when you switch these on they pull a lot of power initially then run on hardly anything.

LEDs are not high load start (or shouldn't be).

Sorry if I sound like an old fart but some of the wording in the OP's initial post worries me.

I like the lights, though. Very "detailer-ish".

 

[Nick W]

Sod it, bin the breaker and jam a 6" nail in, it'll never blow. Might be a good idea to pick up a few fire extinguishers though