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Why is ceiling lighting in automotive workshops insufficient for work?
Good lighting is a clear must-have for any manual work. However, the ceiling lighting in a workshop, factory hall, or warehouse is usually not sufficient for repairs and work in and under vehicles. The engine compartment, wheel arches, underbody, and other dark areas in the vehicle must therefore be illuminated separately.
The same applies to painting motor vehicles: during inspections, repairs, and painting in spray booths, an additional automotive LED work light is advantageous for detecting even fine scratches and nuances.
Automotive mechanics and painters need powerful work lights for these tasks:
Mechanic:
- Repair of engine, alternator, V-belts, brake systems, exhaust, etc.
- Close-up work with the hood open
- Underbody welding
- Close-up work on the lifting platform
- Checking and replacing consumables and wearing parts
- Oil change
- Changing brake/cooling fluids, brake pads/discs, tires
- Maintenance and repair of vehicle electrics
- Exterior maintenance of lighting, bodywork, windows, doors
- Interior maintenance of electronics, air conditioning, wiring
Painter:
- Assessment of bodywork and paint damage
- Sanding, priming, dent removal in preparation for paint work
- Paintwork
- Decals, lettering, motif design of vehicles and superstructures
What features should an LED automotive work light have?
The most important features of an automotive work light are:
- Water resistance and a robust design
- Easy to operate, even when wearing gloves
- Mounting options for the lamp using a magnet, eyelet, or its own stand, so you can keep your hands free while working
- Adjustable light cone
- Adjustable color temperature for realistic color vision
- Adjustable luminosity
- Robust design for a durable automotive workshop lamp
The automotive workshop lamp with LED should have a robust design so that it can withstand everyday work in your automotive workshop. Your work as an auto mechanic involves numerous maintenance and repair tasks every week, so it is important that the lamp is resistant to oil splashes, for example, and can survive a fall from a medium height without damage. - Adjustment of the light cone to spotlight and spatial light
Lamps for automotive mechanics with a switchable function between flood and spot have the advantage that you can use them to illuminate a very wide area or just a specific point. Depending on the model, the lamp may also be equipped with a swiveling lamp head. This allows you to easily check and replace wear parts and also perfectly illuminate hard-to-reach areas in the engine block. - Mounting options for automotive work lights
A good LED work light for automotive mechanics or painters can also be equipped with various mounting options. With the help of hooks, eyelets, magnetic surfaces, or an integrated stand, you can attach your automotive hand lamp almost anywhere in the workshop, as well as on and under the vehicle. Work lamps with magnets can be attached to all ferromagnetic surfaces, such as the hood, thanks to their magnetic bases.
Good to know: To keep both hands free, headlamps can also be used as practical automotive work lamps. This way, the light beam always follows your line of sight. Take a look at the Ledlenser models in the HF series for more headlamps for work. - Burn time and power supply
For a long working day, you need a long-lasting battery so that you don't have to recharge your LED hand lamp several times a day. Lamp technology also plays a major role in the light duration. Automotive workshop lamps with built-in LED technology consume around 90% less energy than work lamps with conventional light sources, even at the same brightness.
Ledlenser offers you inspection lights, penlights, headlamps and construction spotlights featuring the latest LED technology, which not only provide optimal illumination but also ensure a long burn time. This means you don't have to constantly change batteries or recharge the battery.
LED vehicle work lights from Ledlenser
To make the work of automotive mechanics easier, Ledlenser offers a wide range of flashlights, inspection lights, construction spotlights, and headlamps. The following models from Ledlenser are among the best work lights for car mechanics and painters:
W-series LED vehicle work lights
W6R Work Worklight
Robust, flexible, and versatile: this work lamp for automotive mechanics impresses with its high luminous flux and provides you with light for several hours.
The narrow design of the swivel-mounted W6R Work lamp head makes it possible to illuminate even the tightest spaces, such as in the engine compartment.
| Number of lumens
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500 lumens
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| Light duration | 6 hours (flood), 10 hours (spot) |
| Power supply | Rechargeable battery via USB port |
| Dust & waterproof | IP54 |
W7R Work Worklight
A flexible premium work light with two light sources. The ability to fold out the lamp head (180°) and rotate it (270°) is particularly useful for reaching even the narrowest work areas with ease.
| Number of lumens
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600 lumens
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| Light duration | 5 hours (flood), 10 hours (spot) |
| Power supply | Rechargeable battery via USB port |
| Dust & waterproof | IP54 |
Area lights as automotive work lights
If you are looking for a lamp that can illuminate the entire workshop when needed, you should take a look at our AF2R, AF4R, and AF8R models.
The two small construction spotlights in the Area Lights series offer automotive painters the advantage of evenly illuminating the car body despite their compact size. In addition, the Area Floods lamps feature a color temperature control that allows you to evaluate the paint under different color temperatures, from warm to cold light. This means you can see how the paint appears under different daylight conditions from sunrise to sunset.
For auto mechanics, the lamps in the Area Lights series can be used as backup lighting to illuminate larger areas in the workshop.
| Model | advantages at a glance |
| AF2R |
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| AF4R |
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| AF8R |
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