Tying in sunlight

Well I got all my solar panels and inverter installed.

Then I intentionally ran the batteries way down to start my first test of
the system

The panels did a good job of recharging and last night I plugged my OTT
lites into the inverter and tied for a while.

Now I know how silly I'm being, I'm even shaking my hear at myself, but I
found it really cool to be tying not only in light near the color temp of
sunlight but with energy provided by the sun. I got so excited I drug my
bride out to the trailer and explained the system to her ending, "So you
see, I'm really tying with sunlight as my light source ... how cool is that
?! "

Larry L wrote:
Well I got all my solar panels and inverter installed.

Then I intentionally ran the batteries way down to start my first test of
the system

The panels did a good job of recharging and last night I plugged my OTT
lites into the inverter and tied for a while.

Now I know how silly I'm being, I'm even shaking my hear at myself, but I
found it really cool to be tying not only in light near the color temp of
sunlight but with energy provided by the sun. I got so excited I drug my
bride out to the trailer and explained the system to her ending, "So you
see, I'm really tying with sunlight as my light source ... how cool is that
?! "

That's not silly at all and it *is* cool.

You mentioned an Ott light and I just got a light the other day
that I think is better.

https://www.solux.net/cgi-bin/tlisto...ml?id=HwQQ4MGW

A little pricey but the desk version fits over the vice quite nicely,
has a good solid base and a clamp for traveling. I like it.

There's a lot more info at the Solux web site:

http://www.soluxtli.com/

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that I've just
never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light it produces and
how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

daytripper wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that
I've just never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light
it produces and how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

I haven't heard any Ott complaints, and certainly never experienced any.

--
Scott
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On 28 Mar 2007 23:26:01 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

daytripper wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that
I've just never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light
it produces and how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

I haven't heard any Ott complaints, and certainly never experienced any.

If I may, what makes these bulbs any "better" than any other such
K-range bulbs? IOW, why are these "better" than another 5500K (or
xxxxK, apples to apples) bulb?

TC,
R

On 28 Mar 2007 23:26:01 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

daytripper wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that
I've just never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light
it produces and how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

I haven't heard any Ott complaints, and certainly never experienced any.

Well good luck to you. I did significant research on the Ott light. Hundreds
if not thousands of complaints are just a Google away, and they draw a
distinct pattern. There's no way I'd buy one...

/daytripper

On Mar 28, 5:20 pm, daytripper wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:



"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.

I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that I've just
never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light it produces and
how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

OTT is a bitch to talk to as well. Mine went south about 2 months
after I had it and 2 days after I lost the reciet for buying the
SOB. The people on there phone line didn't give a rats ass. Snotty,
ill mannered bunch. they told me if I sent it back with $ 15 they
would look at it and see what it would cost to fix it. I wouln'd t
buy another on of their lamps for a fifth of the price.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:20:55 -0500, daytripper
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:01:54 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

If you ever need to replace your Ott, you might consider Solux.



I've seen the Solux specs before and agree they look better than OTT

OTT, unfortunately, has a terrible reputation for reliability that I've just
never been able to get beyond, no matter how good the light it produces and
how much I want one.

Perhaps the Solux will prove to be a more robust design...

/daytripper (Time will tell, and fwiw I'll be watching)

I looked at the websites, and I can't see what makes these "special"
(other than the price, although the Solux bulbs aren't so bad). The OTT
compact fluorescents seem about 4-5-6 times the price of standard "full
spectrum" bulbs, and I couldn't find anything on color temp, etc. About
all I could find was "buy this because we say so..."

TC,
R

wrote

I looked at the websites, and I can't see what makes these "special"
(other than the price, although the Solux bulbs aren't so bad). The OTT
compact fluorescents seem about 4-5-6 times the price of standard "full
spectrum" bulbs, and I couldn't find anything on color temp, etc. About
all I could find was "buy this because we say so..."



I've come to believe you are right about OTT largely hype, "cause we say so"
.... although I own three ... one a special fly tying model that is actually
very poorly designed for that, one my wife uses ( and loves ) for
scrapbooking, and one my kid has as a desk lamp ( when my wife got hers it
was a two fer one deal and thus, the kid got one )

I actually tie with the one OTT and two 27 watt fluorescent fixtures sold as
Sunwhite or some such and claiming a color temp near daylight .... I got
them for far less than OTTs and honestly can't remember where ... some
webstore My old eyes seem to gather light poorly and I need a lot of
light to enjoy tying ... the OTT-like 'daylight' color temp bulbs seem to
strain my eyes less and THAT is my main reason for having them, although I
"think" I "see color" more like a trout under them too G