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DIY Scanner Desklamp

March 5, 2007 on 5:09 pm | In DIY |

Found on DIY Live

Got an old scanner that you don’t know what to do with? Well, you could always remove the scanner bulb and turn it into a custom built desklamp. Joe sent me this DIY project that he wrote on instructables. He simply tore apart his scanner, and used some pvc pipe for the base. He is using a variable power supply to output 12vdc. That is something important to note on his project. Be careful not to connect his AC cord to 120vac. Or you will have the magic blue smoke, and my hurt yourself.

This instructable shows you how to make a desk lamp out of scrounged scanner parts and a few extras from Home Depot.

I have set up a small solar array, controller and a storage battery. I wanted to make some low power lighting that I can use in my office that would not consume a lot of power.

I had a bunch of scanner parts lying around and decided to put them to good use.