Garage lighting

[reflexboy]

I have four 5ft tubes, one in each corner, but mounted vertically with the base a couple of feet off the floor. It's absolutely the best for not throwing shadows. Surprisingly given the work that gets done in there I've never accidentally broken a tube. That's it...no other lighting other than moveable stuff for specific jobs. http://s62.photobucket.com/user/a10ruk/media/hoist003-1.jpg.html

I'm very jealous you have a lift in your garage. I'm now more interested in that...sod the lights!!!

 

[reflexboy]

Anyone got a photo with led lights in their garage?

 

[Giantvanman]

Excuse the car not being a Mercedes by the way, though the one in the picture is the reason I came back to them.
(A virtual beer to the first to identify it.)

VW Passat.

 

[jonnyboy]

I have four 5ft tubes, one in each corner, but mounted vertically with the base a couple of feet off the floor. It's absolutely the best for not throwing shadows. Surprisingly given the work that gets done in there I've never accidentally broken a tube. That's it...no other lighting other than moveable stuff for specific jobs.

I always sigh jealously when I see your garage Derek !! lol
Must get around to modifying my roof to get a lift in, got the structural plans about a year ago now
That will force me to sort the lighting......(back on topic!)

 

[daveenty]

VW Passat.

Not even close my friend. :fail

Sorry...

 

[reflexboy]

Not even close my friend. :fail

Sorry...

Corsa?

 

[E280wilson]

If you have strip lights then change the tubes for "daylight tubes". The light spectrum is different to normal tubes. I had these in my spray shop when I made furniture. Very good for showing up marks.

 

[jonnyboy]

If you have strip lights then change the tubes for "daylight tubes". The light spectrum is different to normal tubes. I had these in my spray shop when I made furniture. Very good for showing up marks.

Used with or without a diffuser?

 

[kianok]

Does anyone have any thoughts on these T8 Weatherproof Fluorescent Fittings - 5ft Twin - Lighting Direct

I cant offer any further info on the size of the garage as we are hoping to move in next week but it's a standard looking single garage.

I have to get power to it first!

 

[robpow]

You need 2600-2800K 'very warm white' LEDs to copy the light temperature of a traditional halogen lamp.

Matt

 

[ChrisJEllis]

As a lighting designer, please be wary of buying LED products on eBay. It is more than often Chinese imported crap which will work well for a few weeks then die.

Buy from a reputable wholesaler. T8 lamps work better than T5 in cold conditions. 4000 Kelvin is fine for a garage, and most good quality LED products use this as well.

The light coming from a lot of LED lights seems colder as the light coming from the LED is actually blue, but it is converted to white light using a phosphor coating on the LED.

Hope this helps.

 

[John Jones Jr]

As a lighting designer, please be wary of buying LED products on eBay. It is more than often Chinese imported crap which will work well for a few weeks then die.

Buy from a reputable wholesaler. T8 lamps work better than T5 in cold conditions. 4000 Kelvin is fine for a garage, and most good quality LED products use this as well.

The light coming from a lot of LED lights seems colder as the light coming from the LED is actually blue, but it is converted to white light using a phosphor coating on the LED.

Hope this helps.

Delighted to hear you view as I'm in the process of getting a 9x6 garage built and have almost all major aspects covered except lighting.

Could you advise on positioning as I have a couple of commercial units and one is operated as a garage/workshop and it's lit well, the tenant is happy with the lighting but the I don't see a great benefit from the wall mounted tubes (600mm) above ground level. Thanks.

 

[LTD]

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Vauxhall Insignia ?

 

[ChrisJEllis]

Delighted to hear you view as I'm in the process of getting a 9x6 garage built and have almost all major aspects covered except lighting.

Could you advise on positioning as I have a couple of commercial units and one is operated as a garage/workshop and it's lit well, the tenant is happy with the lighting but the I don't see a great benefit from the wall mounted tubes (600mm) above ground level. Thanks.

Most garages usually wall mount their lights for a few reasons.

One being the ceiling height is often too high to make changing lamps easy, being on the wall is far easier.

You will need more lights on the ceiling to achieve the same light level as though they were wall mounted closer to the ground/working plane.

When ceiling mounted, no light reaches the underside of the car. So if you are constantly working underneath, or even under the bonnet, the lights above your head are useless.

Be wary of mounting LED lights on walls at head height, as the point source is more intense and you will get lots of glare. Also open tubes without a diffuser is a bad idea incase of breakages.

 

[John Jones Jr]

Thanks for the reply ChrisEllis and I do understand the reasoning for the wall mounted lights as they were fitted at the original tenant's request but I think the light emitted is rather poor (standard neon tubes with diffuser). Any advise on which LED's to use, would T8 4000's be suitable for this location? Thanks again.