Recommendations for Garage Lighting

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Re: Recommendations for Garage Lighting

Post by 92kk k100lt 193214 »

Fluorescents deteriorate and reduce with age.
They also get condensation and dust on the tube reducing light by as much as 50%
They also depend on having a good reflector behind them. Of course condensation and dust affects that too.
Cold affects the tube AND the electrical voltages.
Cole weather also increase electrical demand and your voltage drops. Legal requirement over here is advertised voltage parameters are plus or minus 6%. In cold you will lose that 6% due to mix of increased demand and other factors.

LED is way to go now.
Better light, no flickering effect,
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Re: Recommendations for Garage Lighting

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You budget and lighting requirements for what you do in the garage will dictate what you fit. Personally I’d fit more than needed, inc several movable led spot rails along the walls
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Re: Recommendations for Garage Lighting

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Petethefeet wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:26 pm I have been using two 600 x 600mm flat LED panels , with a 'daylight' colour, they are great, very little shadows almost like having a skylight and I think they were only about £20. They are screwed between two battens screwed to the ceiling and the powered via a small transformer.
Mine are similar but I prefer the rectangles 300x1200mm, like you said, they are like having a skylight.

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Re: Recommendations for Garage Lighting

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You give your location as Santa Clara - is that the one in California? Or is there another one I haven't heard of?

I ask because I think the USA has a 110V mains electric supply. The UK (and I think the rest of Europe) runs on 240V mains electricity. Will that difference affect the way that different types of light behave?

I find that the biggest problem with garage lighting is the location. A single light in the middle, as you describe, is fine if all you want to do is to find your way from the car to the door and back, but tends to create large areas of shadow. In particular, if you have a work bench against a wall, you are always trying to work I your own shadow.

So, multiple light sources, and spread them out. Also, painting the walls with a light colour will reflect some light back
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Re: Recommendations for Garage Lighting

Post by lancashirelad »

I fitted 3 x 1500mm LED batten fittings & one 600mm over the bench with a separate pull switch as it doesn’t need to be on all the time. It does help working a few hrs a week for a lighting supplier!!
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