@elliottbnewcombjr Thanks for the great suggestions! My one concern about clamping a light to my rack is the possible cosmetic damage to the rack itself. I did reach out to Reliable about the UberLight Frame and they told me that the clamping surfaces on that light have a layer of silicone rubber that should protect the rack from damage. I don't see that mentioned on their web site and I don't believe I've ever heard that in any of the reviews of the light that I've seen. But if I zoom in on the photos at Reliable's web site, I do see it. They should probably make more of that in their marketing materials to put the minds of anal audiophiles like me at ease 
Recommendation for a wall-mounted turntable light
I’m looking for a good light that I can use to illuminate my turntable. However, I live in California/earthquake country and don’t really want a light that’ll just sit on my audio rack in case if falls over and damages my turntable/tonearm/cartridge when things start to shake. So that kind of puts one of the UberLights out of the picture (although I love the Frame model and think it would look pretty awesome). I know that the Frame can be bolted to a surface, but I’m not about to drill holes in my Symposium Acoustics rack! I don't really want to clamp it to the rack either. So, I was thinking that there might be a light that could be wall mounted that might do the trick. I’ve looked around a bit but haven’t found anything that great, so I thought maybe someone here might have a suggestion.
Any ideas?
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Caution about certain types of rubber/silicone/etc, especially on new wood furniture with recent finishes, that are dry to the touch but not thoroughly cured. Some finishes are dry enough for delivery but take over 30 days to cure. I designed office space, had a few clients with new furniture and the rubber feet on their new phones made circular marks on all the desks. You could trim some eyeglass cleaning cloths, make a layer of them, it you need a lot of force, wrap the cloth around a piece of hardwood, so any indentation is into the hardwood shim rather than your unit’s surface. New top with new finish, wait 30 days! |
@elliottbnewcombjr Great advice, thanks! |
I use these around the house (mainly during power outages and to give morning insulin shots to one of our cats when the light is low). I have a couple of small rechargeable battery chargers/jump starters to keep them going during longer power outages as they last approx. 1.5 hours per charge. Paid <$50 for 24 of them (Temu) and they seem to be fine some 9 months in (1 dud out of 24). Very handy during power outages when in motion detector mode as they activate as you walk through the home and then shut off automatically (just set them around as needed). My wife thought I was nuts until we had a 3.5 hour night time outage a few weeks ago.
DeKay
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@elliottbnewcombjr, your recommendations are interesting, especially this one: I tried a couple of these given my turntable does not sit on top of my AV rack, instead it is located on the first shelf under the top shelf for multiple reasons. Currently I have a dimmable LED light strip under the top shelf that does an ok job (with some mods to make it dimmer). I wonder if your recommended one above gets dim enough (especially when most / all other lights in the room are off / dim) and would work with my shelf setup. |
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