My garage is about 25x22. I have to pairs of 8' lights mounted under the
beam 9' over the floor and they throw enough light for auto work.
They are the ballasted fixtures for cold temps and besides a little buzzing
they are good.
I hear from an engineer friend that if you mount them at 45 degrees to the
work area you won't get shadows on your work. Not sure if a second fixture
should be 90 degrees to the first. Others will comment I hope.
Phil Nase
Quakertown, PA
http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa
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From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net]
On Behalf Of Lee Daniels
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:37 PM
To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Shop lighting ... (again)
I know this has been addressed in the past - but the available hardware
keeps changing and I just want to make sense of it all:
Here are the parameters:
o I want a lot of light, fluorescent tubes preferred.
o Temperatures here (Houston area) don't often get below freezing, but I do
want good light in cold weather.
o I want high quality fixtures but replacement tubes that are economical to
run and replace.
So I keep looking at Home Depot and Lowe's and there are 4' and 8' options,
there are 'regular' and 'high output (HO)' options, there are T8 and T12
options, there color temperature options (I think I want "daylight", i.e.
high color temperature). The HO lighting is, I believe, the best when the
temperature gets low. The T8 tubes are apparently more efficient. The 4'
tubes seem to be less expensive in the long run, but I'm not sure.
But mainly I just want to spread a lot of light around in the garage/shop.
Comments?
- Lee
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