Garage light fixtures
#1
10-05-16, 12:53 PM
Garage light fixtures
I currently have a 2-car garage (standard width door + 4 ft. of space on either side, pretty standard depth), with 3 plain old bare light bulb fixtures lighting the area. It's never been quite enough light, so I'm looking into installing some LED fixtures, either
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...qh_dp_hza?th=1
or
https://www.amazon.com/LED-Garage-Va...p?ie=UTF8&th=1
I'm looking for some suggestions: should I replace all 3 fixtures with the 2 ft LEDs, or just 2 of the 4 ft LEDs? The price is comparable, and I don't really want to shell out the money replacing all 3 fixtures with 4 ft LEDs. Not sure if it makes a difference, but the garage walls are covered in sheetrock (although it's old and not in the greatest shape) and the ceiling is completely unfinished with the roof trusses exposed. Any other factors I'm not thinking of that I should be considering?
Also, any recommendation between the 3500K and 5000K options?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...qh_dp_hza?th=1
or
https://www.amazon.com/LED-Garage-Va...p?ie=UTF8&th=1
I'm looking for some suggestions: should I replace all 3 fixtures with the 2 ft LEDs, or just 2 of the 4 ft LEDs? The price is comparable, and I don't really want to shell out the money replacing all 3 fixtures with 4 ft LEDs. Not sure if it makes a difference, but the garage walls are covered in sheetrock (although it's old and not in the greatest shape) and the ceiling is completely unfinished with the roof trusses exposed. Any other factors I'm not thinking of that I should be considering?
Also, any recommendation between the 3500K and 5000K options?
#2
10-05-16, 01:39 PM
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I have a single car garage with 3) two tube 48" fixtures. The light is perfect.
Actually it's a little on the bright side but great to work under.
In your case I would opt for 3) 48" fixtures. It all depends on how much light you need.
As far as color.... the higher the number... the whiter the light.
Actually it's a little on the bright side but great to work under.
In your case I would opt for 3) 48" fixtures. It all depends on how much light you need.
As far as color.... the higher the number... the whiter the light.
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10-06-16, 01:38 PM
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I also don't know if this is going to help, but a friend of ours recently installed a few of these and we'd been considering buying them for our own garage: https://www.rabweb.com/led-garage-lighting.php
Right now we actually use a lot of standing LED worklights to light any specific area we're working in, like these Halogen Work Lights + Free-Standing Work Lights | Lighting | Northern Tool + Equipment but I don't know if these will fit in your garage setup too well. We've got a lot of open space in ours which is nice, but I know that isn't always the case.
Right now we actually use a lot of standing LED worklights to light any specific area we're working in, like these Halogen Work Lights + Free-Standing Work Lights | Lighting | Northern Tool + Equipment but I don't know if these will fit in your garage setup too well. We've got a lot of open space in ours which is nice, but I know that isn't always the case.
#4
10-06-16, 07:13 PM
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Ellen... not sure if you realize it but those fixtures you spec'ed are almost $400 for the small ones.
#5
10-07-16, 06:44 AM
Prices keep plummeting on LED lighting 
Current price for Feit 4-ft 2-tube shoplights is $29 at Costco.
I wanted to include a link or a picture but couldn't find them on Costco's website so they may be limited to stock on hand. Last week my local store still had them.
Current price for Feit 4-ft 2-tube shoplights is $29 at Costco.
I wanted to include a link or a picture but couldn't find them on Costco's website so they may be limited to stock on hand. Last week my local store still had them.
