Reel Light by Guy Brown
Nottingham, England based designer Guy Brown, who is part of the British design collective FARM, has created the Reel Light.
Nottingham, England based designer Guy Brown, who is part of the British design collective FARM, has created the Reel Light.
Dan on 27 Sep 2009 at 6:20 pm #
Running current through a coiled cable is a bad idea, it turns it into a huge pulsing electromagnet and that is not good for your health, or safety.
Lance on 28 Sep 2009 at 2:14 am #
But it’s soooooo cute! Oh well, at least when you get a tumor the size of a golfball you’ll have enough cord to hang yourself with. Decorative and functional, love it!
mercereaux on 28 Sep 2009 at 7:01 am #
amen Dan.
a coworker who was an ex-electrician told of coiling an extension cord, plugging in a saw, and turning it on as someone passed and “sucking a pair of pliers right out of his pocket”. exaggeration; probably. good story.
Scott Trudeau on 28 Sep 2009 at 1:40 pm #
Extension cords have wires the ensure current flows in opposite directions to prevent this: http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7501919888/m/6881964889?r=4251994889#4251994889
And, by the way, LOVE this design.
Craighton on 29 Sep 2009 at 11:27 am #
Very similar idea to Coil Lamp, a project I designed in 2008. http://craightonberman.com/coil.html My focus was on DIY– the wire frame is an interesting angle.
Michael Una on 29 Sep 2009 at 1:47 pm #
This is AC current, so you don’t have to worry about the electromagnetism. Also, have yous een this?
http://www.craightonberman.com/coil.html
Chris` on 13 Nov 2009 at 8:11 am #
using a coil of wire to carry an electrical current while coiled is a fire hazard. Under ‘normal’ load, which is not a huge amount for this little lightbulb, you will still get a build up of heat with the potential, over time of a fire. The problem could be exaserbated when something else happens like a power surge, bulb failure, kink in the wire, etc, etc. Depending on the rating of the cable you might also find it will not trip a circuit breaker or blow a fuse under fault conditions. Intereting to find out if this design has passed electrical safety testing.