How to make a cheap home made par can

Ever wanted to have disco lights in your own home but found they were too expensive for what you wanted ??

Well with this project you can build a par 46 can for about $10-15

Step 1 Breif introduction

Par cans, are the leading light in night clubs, dj's, and stage productions but they can also be used around the home to lighten up things.

The size of par cans are measured in Par's. 8 "Par's" is 1 inch.
Eg. 64 Par is 64/8=8 inches

My Par can is 46 Par (do the math) and you can make any size using tins from anywhere

Comments

[twighahn]

i could use leds and lemon juice batteries to make a small one

[Tom 7]

PAR is short for Parabolic Aluminized Reflector, a descriptive term regarding the shape of the lamp and its internal reflector

Most lamps are measured in 1/8's of an inch. often this is preceded by a letter or series of letters that tell you the shape and size.
for example that old four foot long florescent lamp over your workbench likely has a "T12" noted on it, that "T" stands for "tubular'" and it is 1.5" diameter.
the newer shop lights may be T8 or 1 inch
The length of the tube is in normal inches.

That 100watt lamp in this project appears to be a typical "A" or pear shape

[lemonie]

You've only got 1 tiny photo of this, can you add any more?
What type of 100W bulb did you use?

L

[mbl111]

just a standard 240v bayonett head bulb, i'll post some more pics, has that answered the question

[lemonie]

I wondered if you'd used one of those spotlight bulbs that are partially reflective, but thanks.

L

[mbl111]

I only used a standard bulb because thats the socket i had, if you can find a socket for those floods you can use them but make sure you have appropriate cooling methods in place i.e. a fan

[lemonie]

Standard-fitting "flood light" was my thinking. The cooling is a good feature of this.

L

[CB2001]

 This looks like something that'd be perfect for low budget feature film lighting.

[craig3]

ha, i like it, your own little par can 46 made out of actual cans, my lighting teacher would like this