Shop Lighting

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:19 pm

Looking to put up new/more lights in my garage. Thinking 8' strip lights from the local home center. In the past always went florescent but with them being phased out was hoping something new in LED. Anyone have any recommendations?

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:31 pm

I used more 4' lights strategically located. Florescent with T5 tubes and one led 4'. I like the led as it gives a lot of light but it's only a single tube

Twinstar Joined: Jan 10, 2012 Posts: 71 Location: maryland

costco has 4' led twin tube shop lights..$39.... if I remember it all correctly

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:57 pm

$ 60.00 for a two pack. Are they bright?

https://www.costco.com/4%E2%80%99-Linkable-LED-Shop-Light-with-Pull-Chain%2c-2-pack.product.100284402.html

Chico

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:23 pm

chico wrote:

$ 60.00 for a two pack. Are they bright?

https://www.costco.com/4%E2%80%99-Linkable-LED-Shop-Light-with-Pull-Chain%2c-2-pack.product.100284402.html

Chico

They're pretty good.

I converted my 4-foot fixtures using LED tubes from 1000bulbs.com

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:21 pm

LED for sure, I currently have 8 x 100w equivelent CFL daylight bulbs in the shop but recently installed 2 x 4ft 3000 lumem LED shop lights..Wow , what a difference. The area i have them is so much brighter than the rest of the shop....go for it .. you won't look back.

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:41 pm

I had 8 100 watt bulbs in my shop. It is 1000 sq ft. I bought 300 watt CFLs. They draw 65 watts each and kick out 3900 lumens each. That made a huge difference. Just screwed them in. I have a 10 ft ceiling and these lights are long..9.5 inches, so may not be good for a lower ceiling. The costco lights look like a good deal because they are plug and play. I may get one of those for my workbench area. 16 bucks each at Lowes or Menards. I mix bright white and off white colors

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:58 pm

If you don't want to hang light fixtures, and you already have standard bulb sockets on the ceiling, try these:

http://dlclights.com/40w-led-standard-e26-base-with-free-e39-base-converter-commercial-retrofit-light-bulb-4500-lumens-5000k-daylight-125w-hid-mh-replacement-ac100-277v/

You can pick them up at walmart.com shipped to your house for around $27 a piece. They aren't pretty, but man are they bright. I have a 3.5 car garage with 10' ceilings. 3 of these things make it like daylight in there.

White and bright.

Brett

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:29 pm

I may try a couple of those. It says the base gets hot? Have you noticed that at all? 4500 lumens at 40w is very good!

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:08 pm

For the Canadians on here .
https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/4-ft-garage-series-led-shop-light/A-p8652414e

this is what i use

CB1100F Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 3249 Location: NE OHIO

I used 4ft electronic ballast florescent fixtures (14 ) and had a friend give me 3 400W metal halide low bay fixtures . Those ae only used when I need extra light Laughing

I have 12 1/2 ceilings and have no lack of lighting

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:14 am

Hondo57 wrote:

I may try a couple of those. It says the base gets hot? Have you noticed that at all? 4500 lumens at 40w is very good!

No heat all. You can grab and hold the base while they are on. I checked

Brett

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:58 pm

brett_s wrote:

If you don't want to hang light fixtures, and you already have standard bulb sockets on the ceiling, try these:

http://dlclights.com/40w-led-standard-e26-base-with-free-e39-base-converter-commercial-retrofit-light-bulb-4500-lumens-5000k-daylight-125w-hid-mh-replacement-ac100-277v/

You can pick them up at walmart.com shipped to your house for around $27 a piece. They aren't pretty, but man are they bright. I have a 3.5 car garage with 10' ceilings. 3 of these things make it like daylight in there.

White and bright.

Brett

Ya know what? I put some of these with lower wattage in my front room fan. I'm amazed at the amount of light output.

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:24 pm

doggone wrote:

costco has 4' led twin tube shop lights..$39.... if I remember it all correctly

Costco sells a double tube pack of 4' LED T8 tubes (if you already have the fixtures). They are $17 for a pair. I think they sell a 4 pack too. I have been replacing the lights in my shop with them. Much better than standard cool white T8's. You do not need a special LED fixture either as they work in a regular T8 fixture.

Dave

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:13 pm

brett_s wrote:

If you don't want to hang light fixtures, and you already have standard bulb sockets on the ceiling, try these:

http://dlclights.com/40w-led-standard-e26-base-with-free-e39-base-converter-commercial-retrofit-light-bulb-4500-lumens-5000k-daylight-125w-hid-mh-replacement-ac100-277v/

You can pick them up at walmart.com shipped to your house for around $27 a piece. They aren't pretty, but man are they bright. I have a 3.5 car garage with 10' ceilings. 3 of these things make it like daylight in there.

White and bright.

Brett

I do have a standard bulb socket in the center of the garage that I was going to convert to a plug box to hang fixtures. But this could be a good option. Then over benches I will surly go LED. Thank you all!
Pete

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:30 pm

The only negative about the lights I mentioned are that they take about half a second to go on after you flip the switch. This slight delay is pretty common in LED's, but I thought I would mention it.

Brett

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:34 pm

Thanks Brett, have some in the house so am aware and fine with it.