I recently made a dimable light for my tent, parts cost about £18 it gives a lovely Glow and can go from the Glow of a nightlight to almost LightHouse brightness of 150watt!.
P arts as below.
Ali BulkHead fitting with PolyCarbonate lense £4 from CPC.
Inline dimmer switch rotory control £10 new from EBay.
Inline single pole rocker switch £1 from CPC.
Halogen Bulb std BC fitting 100watt looks like a regular bulb but gives out 150watt of brightness £1.20 from CPC.
7 metres of twin cable £1 already had real of cable in garage.
Plastic pipe clips 22mm so that lamp clips tightly to my 23mm poles.
We carry a couple of Clear Rough Service 100watt BC old school bulbs as spares, bought a pack of 10 of EBay, strange how shops are no longer allowed to sell 100watt bulbs anymore, but yet they can. On the Internet.
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