LED Shop Lighting

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I think these blow away my old T8 fixtures I had at my old home. I just may add something on the RH wall side where the vehicle is.
You need sunglasses in there it's so bright.
 
Nice! I did the same when we moved into our current house. It felt great swapping out the cruddy old hodge-podge garage lighting with 8 nice new Feit shop light LED's from Costco.
 
Nice lighting. Are you going to paint the drywall?

Those ceilings make that garage look borderline commercial. You could install a nice storage system with that amount of wall space. Congrats on the new home and more importantly the cool garage.
 
Yes...Definitely painting but a long Honey Do list before I'm allowed.
Ceilings are 12'6"
I dropped the fixtures to 11' to ckear the beam in the front of garage.
 
Nice!

I'm looking at the fixtures listed in the first post of this thread, which I've been following for almost a year now. :)

The Best Light Fixture Ever! - The Garage Journal Board

Seem to be right on par to your fixtures but they are surface mount and a little more efficient.


Best bang for the buck LED bypass 4ft 2-lamp strip light known as of 11/23/2015:

Price for 10 2-lamp 4ft LED bypass fixtures:

18W James LED $11.99 x 20 = $240 + Free Shipping
(Be sure to get frosted lens)

MaxLite LED Ready Strip Hsg $12.50 x 10 = $125.00 + $20 shipping

Total = $385 / 10 = $38.50 per complete fixture (all tax and shipping included),
4500 lumens, 36W, 125 Lumens per Watt
 
Angus said:
Very nice - I love the wall mounted ones. Was thinking about mounting lights on my walls over the weekend while working on my buddies TT. Are they on a separate switches?
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no. straight into an outlet and pull the chain.

for the mount I just used the supplied hardware chain and put the eyelet into the studs

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donbeezy said:
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same ones I used on my wall
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Hmmm Don, can you get me a closeup of the side?
I just got an idea.
If there's a KO on both sides (or I can drill each end), maybe I'll use 2 lights on my one wall as the raceway for a few receptacles I'm adding further down the wall.
I planned on running EMT so might as well add a switch next to a receptacle.
 
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Using hooks is genius! Having multiple hook locations will allow me to position a single shop light exactly where I need it, keep it out of the way from doors opening into it, and the wife can't get too mad about 1 more shop light purchase... right? Thanks for sharing Don!
 
Guys, is LED lighting taking over in the garage now? What happened to that other bulb that had been so popular? T8 maybe?

I`ve got old traditional 8` strips in my garage that hold a pair of bulbs. One of the strips completely failed this weekend, I assume the ballast? Are there any LED type conversion bulbs that would fit these old housings or do I have to throw everything away and start over? I have been running Philips cold weather bulbs for the past 20 years, 8` length. They`ve served me well but I`m sure there`s something out there far superior. Thanks.
 
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