Garage Light Height

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shelshel

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Well, I installed my 10 4ft cold start 6500K fluorescent T8 lights in the garage with 4 lights switches this past weekend. What a great feeling to be able to see in the garage as if you were out in the sun. My question is should I have installed these at their highest point, 9ft, or is there a recommend height?



Next project is to install tarps inside so I can wash the vehicles inside the garage.
 
I'm going to install mine just high enough to clear the door when up. I feel having the lights as close as possible helps the most, but that may be just me.

:nixweiss
 
One side of my garage has a ceiling over 10' or 11' and I have them mounted as high as possible. Just looks nicer.



What are the tarps for?



I wash my cars inside all the time and just learned to be "neat" with the hose. I never splash the walls or even the car parked next door.
 
Brad B. said:
One side of my garage has a ceiling over 10' or 11' and I have them mounted as high as possible. Just looks nicer.



What are the tarps for?



I wash my cars inside all the time and just learned to be "neat" with the hose. I never splash the walls or even the car parked next door.
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I wish I were as careful as you but I know I wouldn't be able to. My walls because there not finished and the brown backing on the insulation darkens the garage, I figured I'd use white tarps to brighten thing up when detailing.
 
shelshel said:
Well, I installed my 10 4ft cold start 6500K fluorescent T8 lights in the garage with 4 lights switches this past weekend. What a great feeling to be able to see in the garage as if you were out in the sun. My question is should I have installed these at their highest point, 9ft, or is there a recommend height?



Next project is to install tarps inside so I can wash the vehicles inside the garage.
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8-foot 6-inch is considered the standard (12-foot for HID and other industrial lights) to measure light output, so 9-foot is fine.

JonM
 
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