An AC powered LED work light is a portable flood light that runs directly from a commercial alternating current (AC) power supply. Corded work lights are typically used in applications where fixed lighting is not available or provides inadequate illumination but AC line power is accessible. These portable lights provide the flexibility of transforming an unplanned corner inside a facility into a work zone, supplementing a building’s overhead lighting systems, and delivering temporary lighting outdoors. They are intended for use in garages, automobile repair shops, industrial facilities, building sites, warehouses and outdoor environments where utility power is available. Although their portability is compromised by AC line connection, corded work lights are able to deliver higher lumen packages than battery operated LED work lights while being more adaptive to worksite lighting needs than fixed overhead luminaires.