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Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« on: January 14, 2018, 06:42:36 PM »

I’ve got crappy lighting in my garage. I don’t know that an investment in overhead lights is a worthwhile solution. I just need improved lighting when working on things in the garage.

So this is what I found at Lowe’s. Very happy with the solution.

Utilitech 6000 Lumens LED Light Stand. They're around $100 each and I got them on sale for like ~$70 each stand.

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Re: Cure to Pour Garage Lighting
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2018, 06:43:54 PM »

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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2018, 10:13:17 PM »

How would they work if you put one into each Corner pointing towards Center of room?
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2018, 08:02:07 AM »

I have five 4 bulb fluorescent fixtures in my garage.  Two months ago I re-lamped them all with the brightest LED's I could put in them.  World of difference, and got the Bulbs at Lowe's. 
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2018, 10:09:09 AM »

How would they work if you put one into each Corner pointing towards Center of room?

Well it would be a vast improvement but I don't think it would be as good as having these be portable and able to move them directly to your specific work area. I got these because I knew lifting the hood/fairing on the RG and working on the radio, amplifiers and such was going to require good lighting.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2018, 10:10:34 AM »

I have five 4 bulb fluorescent fixtures in my garage.  Two months ago I re-lamped them all with the brightest LED's I could put in them.  World of difference, and got the Bulbs at Lowe's.

Were they the older fluorescent fixtures? If so, what LED lights did you use to replace the tubes?
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2018, 12:39:05 PM »

Those look good! Bet they also work ok as reflective light from the ceiling, notice you have one pointed up.  Have a couple of the LED hanging shop ceiling lights from Costco.  Inexpensive, easy to install, and they give good overhead light.  Use them for indoor bike waxing, etc.

For direct light needs I have an old regular incandescent with a hook trouble light & a Craftsman 2 light Halogen adjustable on a movable stand.  Today would buy LEDs for that because it gets hot like a heat lamp.  Ok for the weather now, in the summer it sucks.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2018, 01:21:00 PM »

Lighting isn't the greatest where I store my bike either... I choose this option - Energizer Alkaline 300-Lumen LED Headlamp... puts the light right where I'm looking, doesn't get in the way, and a lot easier than trying to hold a flashlight and do something at the same time. :)

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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2018, 01:30:36 PM »

replaced my ceiling light with LED.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2018, 02:46:56 PM »

I relit my garage with LED lamps. Just take out the old fluorescent lamps and install the LED lamps. Easy peazy.
The results were amazing. Very brite!

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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2018, 06:47:08 PM »

I relit my garage with LED lamps. Just take out the old fluorescent lamps and install the LED lamps. Easy peazy.
The results were amazing. Very brite!

Mike
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I'd never looked close at doing this.  Apparently mistakenly always assumed this would take a change in ballasts also.  My shop has a bazillion 8 foot bulbs so any overall change isn't cheap.  Oh, wait, that all changes soon.  Never mind.

Crap, wonder if the lighting is any good in the new garage?  :nixweiss:
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2018, 07:24:19 PM »

I also bought the pedestal lights and tried them for awhile. Got tired of the pedestals always being where I wanted to stand. Installed 28' of ceiling mounted flourscents and all was better. Recently went in a garage similar to mine in size but with less fixtures (16' total) but with daytime 5000k LED bulbs and it was amazing how much brighter his was than mine. I am deleting my ballasts and direct wiring for LED tubes next week. Instructions say to remove ballasts and connect remaining wires and then install LED tubes. I know you can now buy direct use LED tubes but the ballasts are the first thing to go bad in a flourscent and removing them altogether sounds like a win-win.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2018, 08:18:48 PM »

At the Eagles Nest garage in Maggie Valley I put 2 tube 2' led's.
They give plenty of light even with the 10'4" ceilings.
The bonus room upstairs is 555' and I have 2 2 tube 2' strips up there and with a 7' 6" ceiling it's very bright.
They are easy to install and use very little electricity.
When we build the house next door I will use as many led lights as possible.


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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2018, 09:29:30 PM »

i had 2 x 4 foot fluorescent fixtures in my garage.  i changed those out to led fixtures last year.  much brighter.  got them from lowes for about $50 each.  this year, i added 2 more near where the door would end when it is open.  so now i've got 4 x 4 foot led fixtures and it's like daylight in there.  but, having them on a pedestal does have the advantage of being able to 'aim' them where needed.  the overheads do suffer from shadows depending on what you're doing.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2018, 10:27:45 PM »

Our entire house is lit with led lighting of one type or another. In my new 3rd bay garage I went with two 8 foot long fixtures with 4 bulbs each. Liked them so well I added them to the 2 car garage as well.
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