Hogarth Picture Lights L.E.D. bulbs with our Battery option is the only viable Battery Light product on the market today. 30 hours of use from 1 charge - Items supplied - 2 battery packs ( 1 in use and 1 charging ready to use ) Charger ( recharge time 1 hour )

We would personally always suggest the Rechargable Battery to be used as a last resort. We would strongly recommend the Invisible Wire system as a much better way to get power to your picture lights. With the Invisible wire system you do need to paint over the copper track - this will not work with wallpapered walls. An alternative is our ThinWire - see the Power Option page

:: Hanging

Hanging paintings correctly is very important. A painting should hang away from the wall ( at the top ) by 1 - 2 inches. This is to ensure that dust in the air does not settle on the canvas. On old paintings corks from wine bottles were glued to the back of the frame at the top. This also reduces the reflection from windows and lights.

In the 18th & 19th century ( before picture lights ) frames were designed to reduce dust settlement and the ornate additions and angles were to help throw light across the canvas. Gilding enhanced this effect.

:: how long do the Rechargable Batteries last?

30 hours and 1 hour to charge.

Rechargable Battery options come supplied with 2 batteries - one to charge and one to power the light.

:: Wiring for Lights

The best solution for lighting paintings is to have the electric available behind the painting/s in a recess box.

This is normally installed by an electrician and hard wired into a box. We do not fit plugs on our Hard Wire option. The switch for the lighting can be by the entrance door. Individual paintings can then have a bulb with a wattage that suits the painting. All our transformers have different intensity settings.

Our lights can be dimmed if there is an automatic lighting system like Lutron or Crestron where there are 2 control cables installed as well as 110V - Check with your installation Company. Our lights will not dim from a 110V dimmer switch

Our Invisible Wiring can be used... see it here

:: Light Source: L.E.D.

Hogarths L.E.D. option is the ultimate Fine Art Lighting solution. Giving a warm light with ZERO UV & HEAT. If your Fine Art is valuable - only use Hogarth's L.E.D.s

We can supply many ranges of bulb temperature to suit your art work/s. Please let us have a description of your painting/s or email a digital photograph before ordering, where we will add the best color bulb to your light - there is no charge for this. Our standard lights have 2600K (Incandescent) in temperature.