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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2018, 10:52:45 PM »

Decent overhead lighting will help. If you can, paint the ceiling and the walls a bright white. This will, for lack of better wording on my part bounce the light around and illuminate things.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2018, 06:35:44 AM »

I was looking at these LED ceiling lights.

Bank of LEDs behind the frosted defuser cover.

Anyone used these?

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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2018, 08:02:36 AM »

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.

This looks great for my application. I could replace my my 2x2 4ft fixtures with these 8 ft fixtures. Lowes? Home Depot? Other?
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2018, 08:04:58 AM »

Simon, I removed the old fluorescent lights in the garage and instead of going with the LED type long bulbs, I went this way:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia-Lighting-IBC-454-MV-4-Light-T5-White-High-Output-Fluorescent-High-Bay-IBC-454-MV/202838871

Going the T5 route, I still had to remove the old fixtures but they were just about the same size as the new ones.  Took me 2 hours removal and installation.  Replaced two fixtures with two T5 and it's like night and day comparison.  I can actually work on the bike/car without any additional lighting except a flashlight when I'm working in the creases and crevices.

These are less expensive than the LED replacements.  I've had these installed for a couple years now and haven't had to replace a bulb yet.  No diminishing in the light output so far either.

I do like the stand lighting you've purchased but like cvodon stated, they would always be taking up working space where you need to be... ;D
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2018, 08:28:54 AM »

Were they the older fluorescent fixtures? If so, what LED lights did you use to replace the tubes?

The fixtures were installed in 2004.  They are 4 T8 bulb fixtures that have 4' bulbs.

I am pretty sure they are Sylvania T8 32 watt replacement LED Daylight 5000K.  I got them at Lowe's.  I know they were the brightest color I could get, the 5000K.

I'm off shore at the moment but I can double check when I get home in a couple weeks if you would like. 
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2018, 09:19:20 AM »

The fixtures were installed in 2004.  They are 4 T8 bulb fixtures that have 4' bulbs.

I am pretty sure they are Sylvania T8 32 watt replacement LED Daylight 5000K.  I got them at Lowe's.  I know they were the brightest color I could get, the 5000K.

I'm off shore at the moment but I can double check when I get home in a couple weeks if you would like.
please,let us know,dave i want to upgrade from florescent to the leds! thanks!
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2018, 01:44:26 PM »

This looks great for my application. I could replace my my 2x2 4ft fixtures with these 8 ft fixtures. Lowes? Home Depot? Other?

Simon,

Here you go.  Funny I paid $135.00 each before.

https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Fixture-Equivalent-Fluorescent-Brighter/dp/B00QAMVFYC
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2018, 01:56:45 AM »

I was looking at these LED ceiling lights.

Bank of LEDs behind the frosted defuser cover.

Anyone used these?
If they're for your garage, I would use either open bulb industrial fixtures (w/ LEDs, of course) or maybe those with a diffuser cover on them, like they have for kitchens.  Some (many?) of those indoor fixtures don't have replaceable LEDs; when (if) they go bad, you have to replace the entire fixture.  I have a couple of those small ones in the house.

Put a 4 x 4' LED fixture (has a diffuser cover) in the kitchen.  So much better than the fluorescent fixture it had.

Most of the previously-fluorescent fixtures in the garage have LEDs in them.  Much brighter, faster, and not affected by cold weather.  Always had a few bulbs that didn't fire up when below 40 deg.
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2018, 04:42:22 PM »

If they're for your garage, I would use either open bulb industrial fixtures (w/ LEDs, of course) or maybe those with a diffuser cover on them, like they have for kitchens.  Some (many?) of those indoor fixtures don't have replaceable LEDs; when (if) they go bad, you have to replace the entire fixture.  I have a couple of those small ones in the house.

Put a 4 x 4' LED fixture (has a diffuser cover) in the kitchen.  So much better than the fluorescent fixture it had.

Most of the previously-fluorescent fixtures in the garage have LEDs in them.  Much brighter, faster, and not affected by cold weather.  Always had a few bulbs that didn't fire up when below 40 deg.
Thanks, that answered my question. Time to change bulbs in my shop
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Re: Cure to Poor Garage Lighting
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2018, 04:46:13 PM »

I was looking at these LED ceiling lights.

Bank of LEDs behind the frosted defuser cover.

Anyone used these?

I have S and U in my house.  U is over my table on a dimmer.  I also have a pair of smaller round ones in my hallway.  Very happy with them, but thought seriously about putting them all on a dimmer.
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