Shop lights

[OKnewguy]

Over on another large forum, there has been a far amount of talk about these ebay light. LED Integrated Tube Light T8 4ft 1v-277v 18W 6K Pure White replacement 6w | eBay I went with them, I bought the 30 pack and used 25 at the time it was $209. I have 15 on one circuit, and 10 on the other over the bench. These pics are with my 60 dollar android crap phone, so they look kind of dim, but it is really bright! BTW, the walls are a gunmetal grey color.
Dave

 

[plastikosmd]

I went with these over tube type. 18 watt consumption. Nice and bright for 3k foot shop
Running 8 of them

 

[hawkeye08]

I went with these over tube type. 18 watt consumption. Nice and bright for 3k foot shop
Running 8 of them

Do you have a link to the ones you are using? Thanks

 

[plastikosmd]

Used the scissor lift and took a pic of a label

My electrician did say for these to work well they gotta be high

 

[RNeumann]

Do you have a link to the ones you are using? Thanks

Sorry to jump in. This matches the part number he was showing in his picture.

Amazon.com: LE 55W LED High Bay Lighting, Super Bright Commercial Lighting, 15W HPS or MH Bulbs Equivalent, 48lm, Waterproof, Daylight White, LED High Bay Lights: Home Improvement

3000sf with white walls and lid. 8 lights at ~5000 lumens for a total of 40,000 lumens. As a reference a 4' T8 fluorescent bulb is ~3000 lumen.

Do you find you need task lighting as well with the 8 lights you have? I have a very similar situation and have been watching this post for some time now.
1 Watt LED High Bay UFO Lights -13, Lumen- Ultra Efficient 13 Lumens to Watts - Smaller and more efficient - Warehouse LED Lights - LED High Bay Lighting - High Bay LED Lights - - Amazon.com
I found these and was worried 8 wouldn't be enough. Maybe it will be based on your experience.

 

[LD1]

A little late, But I'd vote LED as well.

I just did my shop a few years ago, also 40x40x14' I have 8 HO fixtures, each with 6 T-8 4' bulbs. And they have the mirror like reflector behind them.

Then under my storage I have 4 4-bulb fixtures and above it I have 2 4- bulb fixtures.

So in total, with all lights on, I am burning 80 4' T-8 bulbs. All 5000k. (would have preferred 6000k bulbs)

Lights are the biggest power user when I am at the shop. 80 bulbs at 34w each.....2700w of juice. Down there for a 8hr day....thats about 22kwh for the day which is more than I would like for lighting. But all the fixtures and lights + about 300 spare bulbs was all free courtesy of work. We were replacing fixtures with ones that use a battery backup ballast to dimly light 2 of the bulbs when the power goes out. So they were tossing these, which is 100% of what our facility uses on the production floor. Got all the spare bulbs because we change them every 3 years weather or not they are burned out. So I saved some of the good ones.

Can get the same level of lighting with fewer watts with LED. And as cheap as they are becoming....they will pay for themselves in no time.

Just a few random old pics showing the level of lighting in my shop

 

[plastikosmd]

No task lighting, that is a nighttime pic
Maybe under a car yes but happy thus far

 

[RNeumann]

No task lighting, that is a nighttime pic
Maybe under a car yes but happy thus far

Good to hear! Thx for the pics and the reference to the amount of light needed.

 

[aczlan]

Sorry to jump in. This matches the part number he was showing in his picture.

Amazon.com: LE 55W LED High Bay Lighting, Super Bright Commercial Lighting, 15W HPS or MH Bulbs Equivalent, 48lm, Waterproof, Daylight White, LED High Bay Lights: Home Improvement

3000sf with white walls and lid. 8 lights at ~5000 lumens for a total of 40,000 lumens. As a reference a 4' T8 fluorescent bulb is ~3000 lumen.

Do you find you need task lighting as well with the 8 lights you have? I have a very similar situation and have been watching this post for some time now.
1 Watt LED High Bay UFO Lights -13, Lumen- Ultra Efficient 13 Lumens to Watts - Smaller and more efficient - Warehouse LED Lights - LED High Bay Lighting - High Bay LED Lights - - Amazon.com
I found these and was worried 8 wouldn't be enough. Maybe it will be based on your experience.

If you dont have the ceiling height for "high bay" lights, I have these: LE 5W Super Bright Outdoor LED Flood Lights, 15W HPS Bulb Equivalent, Waterproof, 375lm, Daylight White, 6K, Security Lights, Floodlight - - Amazon.com $22 each (I bought at $30 each), I have them on a (approximately) 8'x12' grid ~12' off of the floor and they make things very bright in the barn.
I will go snag a couple of pictures and post them up.

Aaron Z

 

[aczlan]

Pictures as promised:


I had mis-remembered, the lights are in a 8x12 grid, not a 10x10 grid. I dont have lights on the "storage" side, but I will probbaly add one more row of lights to get a little more light in the middle of the barn.

Aaron Z

 

[DJ54]

I got 10 of these from Rural King Keystone 4' LED Shop Light - 5 Lumens (SLST75) by The Keystone Group for $19.99 in Barn Burners : Rural King , and finally got them wired in a week or so ago. Instant on, even when temps are in the 30's, and very bright. I have light panels at the top of the walls, and even on a bright sunny day, it really lightens it up in there. They are very light, and easy to handle. The only thing I don't like, is that they are not direct mount. The one piece extruded like frame/shell is hollow for wires to run through. You cannot take apart like fluorescent lights, to fasten with screws from the inside.

I need 4 more, and are out of stock at the moment online, but they are supposed to send an email when back in stock. So far, I'm well satisfied with them. Time will tell.

 

[ultrarunner]

My only reservation so far is the new LED fixtures are throwaway should the day come when it no longer works.

This is why I opted for the LED replacement bulbs wherever I could for existing fixtures... some installed in 1960.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Costco shop lights rated for 50000 hours cost 25 bucks. If they last half that glad to throw it away and get another! Bright instant quiet light even freezing temps. So glad I changed from the fluorescents.

 

[RNeumann]

If you dont have the ceiling height for "high bay" lights, I have these: LE 5W Super Bright Outdoor LED Flood Lights, 15W HPS Bulb Equivalent, Waterproof, 375lm, Daylight White, 6K, Security Lights, Floodlight - - Amazon.com $22 each (I bought at $30 each), I have them on a (approximately) 8'x12' grid ~12' off of the floor and they make things very bright in the barn.
I will go snag a couple of pictures and post them up.

Aaron Z

Thanks for that. I have a high drywalled ceiling and anything that doesn't hang from a single point will require me renting a lift. So the ones you used would work fine.

 

[ultrarunner]

Costco shop lights rated for 50000 hours cost 25 bucks. If they last half that glad to throw it away and get another! Bright instant quiet light even freezing temps. So glad I changed from the fluorescents.

I bought 26 of them and have been pleased although I do like reflectors for exposed applications... also bought 60 of their LED replacement 4' bulbs and like them even better.

The shop lights are in heavy metal fixtures with real porcelain white finish and wide reflectors and all in EMT... it was a no brainer to swap out the bulbs and I found that 2 new LED bulbs did the job of 3 T12 bulbs...

I'm like a kid... I still turn on the lights to just marvel at them as I had been going into the same shop space since I was 9 years old...

 

[downsizingnow48]

Well that is true. If I had really nice fixtures like that I would have thought about saving them too.

 

[dragoneggs]

Costco shop lights rated for 50000 hours cost 25 bucks. If they last half that glad to throw it away and get another! Bright instant quiet light even freezing temps. So glad I changed from the fluorescents.

And now they are $20... fixture and two bulbs. Definitely brightened up my garage/shop. Love them. They blow away fluorescent tubes. Gonna grow my garage another 'bay' and already have two more in a box and waiting for Costco to restock so I can get a couple more.

 

[newbury]

Costco shop lights rated for 50000 hours cost 25 bucks. If they last half that glad to throw it away and get another! Bright instant quiet light even freezing temps. So glad I changed from the fluorescents.

And now they are $20... fixture and two bulbs. Definitely brightened up my garage/shop. Love them. They blow away fluorescent tubes. Gonna grow my garage another 'bay' and already have two more in a box and waiting for Costco to restock so I can get a couple more.

And another advantage of several brands of these 4' LED lights is that they are "linkable". I can run 6 in a small area off from one plug.

 

[newbury]

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The shop lights are in heavy metal fixtures with real porcelain white finish and wide reflectors and all in EMT... it was a no brainer to swap out the bulbs and I found that 2 new LED bulbs did the job of 3 T12 bulbs...
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Was this based on "eyeballing" or measurement? And were they new T12's? Just wondering.

 

[bcp]

And now they are $20... fixture and two bulbs.

Not below $29.xx here as of last week.