Shop Lighting

Dirt Works

Since I have a plenty of time lately, but no $$.
I'm trying to find the best lighting for my shop.
40'x60' 16' ceiling. I've talked to different sources
and hear metal halide, flourescent. Any input from anyone?


Hopefully everyone is surviving

After 22 years, This business sucks anymore,
everybody bidding on everything and low balling like never before.

For every good year of business you have 5 bad ones.
For every hundred you save you put a thousand back into
the business, only to empty the funds.

Oh and after 20 years the wife gives me the same lecture
about this business (daily right now) and the non life, with the empty pockets that go with it!

Thank's Bob, Didn't want to bring you guys down

dayexco

my shop is the same size as yours. i have 16' sidewalls, but with my rafters, 22' to the peak in the middle. i have 3-1000 watt flourescents that work pretty good, but last year had metal halide's put on the outside "400" watt...and they seem to put out more lite than the 1000's inside. we also have some 300 watt incandescent lites in there scattered around if we're just in an out of shop and don't want to wait for the flourescents to warm up and just shut them back off again.

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someday, i'll be as patient as Nick.

denick

I was looking to improve the lights in out shop. I went looking and found this site. http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com...ting_14_ct.htm It seemed interesting?

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

Kgmz

Advantages and disadvantages to either type.

And is it cold where you are at?

The high or low bay metal halides take a little while to get fully lit, but the light is good and the cold does not really affect them.

Standard flourescents don't work don't work so well if it is cold. The standard T12 HO flourescents work well in the cold and are a bit more money, but not any more expensive than the metal halides for a similar amount of light.


I have been researching this lately as we are doing a commercial development with warehouses in the back and retail in the front.

The newest thing for warehouse lighting is the T5 HO. The 4 tube T5 puts out the same amount of light as a 400watt metal halide and use half the power. And they work well in the cold, light up almost instantly, and put out the same amount of light throughout the bulb life. A metal halide bulb will get dimmer as it gets older.

Just do a web search for "T5 HO high bay lights".

lights

Kgmz, Would recommend the BlueMax T5 lamps. Have had for 6 months in our warehouse and they are working great. Cost savings have been nice. here are some quick specs:

• 35,000 hour rated lamp life with 90% lumen maintenance
• 60% energy savings over metal halide with 75% longer lamp life
• 75% longer life and increased light output over other T5s
• 90% lifetime lumen maintenance
• Colors appear more vibrant and defined
• 5900k color temperature

Hope this helps in your search for good lighting.