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What sort of battery life do get at 3000
Kill a 9ah in roughly 4 hours, for me. Low setting will last a 12 shift on a fresh 6ah, and middle setting I can get through same shift on roughly a battery and a half 5/6ah.
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Interesting. The Milwaukee rocket is 3000 lumens depending on generation/model and eats a 5 Ah at full power in 2 hours. Sounds identical. At the lowest setting I can go 8+ hours. Or use the smaller task light at 1500 lumens for 4 hours at full output. Looks like then doing some math 1500/4/5 is about 75 lumens per Ah Milwaukee and 3000/4/9 = 80 lumens/Ah about the same.
The issue I’m finding with the tower lights is they do good on general lighting but not so great focus for task lighting. I do a lot of switchgear electrical so guess what…I work in the dark a lot because the first thing I do is kill power. Was hoping the tower lights gave me great task lighting but I need both.
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I’m an industrial electrician myself, and I’ve gotten by on setting 1 and 2 with the knowledge that in a dark room “bright is relative.” Lol I love the tower light in dark gear and e-houses, and it pairs great with the magnetic personal light inside whatever I’m in, for task specific lighting. Actually planning on picking up another of each in the near future.
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Thanks chaps will think about that now I just work in houses with no power this time of year it bit dark batteries no problem we must have 7/8 54 volt kicking about so might be the way forward if I can get one at right price
Just bought one to day not really much difference between all the settings low will be good enough for me tell you tomorrow how long 9 amps battery last on paper