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I have built a low table (1.5 meter square) for my charts and log book but the lighting I have for it seems inadequate. At present I have a light weight pedistal lamp that I converted from 240V to 12 by removing the transformer from its base, fitting a NiCad pack, and a suprbright led up top to replace the halogen bulb in the lamp head. I put a variable resistor into the head also and it can give a reasonable amount of light but it only casts the light in a small 12 inch circle, as leds do.

Can anyone suggest anything that would give me a wider band of light? I can add extra leds to the head and angle them apart, but the pattern they create on the charts is a little confusing and distracting. I was hoping there would be a better way.