Hanging fixtures

[Sberry]

Any better deal on cord and plug fixtures for a small garage, little 2 car deal with 2 in the ceiling and a hanger over the bench. Menards has 4 ft for 50$ and wondering if there was a better deal. Girls are going to be at the store in about an hour. Already have it recept wired in the ceiling, would just as soon have something plug in.
Also,,, if anyone knows where I set the bag with a couple inch LBs and a jar of 1/2 emt clips let me know, has been driving 2 of us insane for a couple of days,,,, good news is we sorted a lot of stuff.

[wb4rt]

I have used the Harbor Freight led fixtures and really like them. They have 3-4 different one, some are linkable.

I have wired some directly with existing flourescent fixtures and some plug in.

They are around $20, depending on sales and coupons can be less.

[psacustomcreations]

I bought the 8 foot ballast free led lights to go in my shop. Cut the old ballast out, rewire, plug in the new light. 5 to 10 minutes per fixture.
Search Amazon for those or 4 footers and you will probably find a better price than in a store.
I also have the linkable 4 foot led in my container and storage building/forge area.
Four lights in the 40 foot container and two in forge area.
I like the daylight bright ones best.

Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

[Lis2323]

i replaced my 8 footers with 4 foot LEDs

the first ones for the back shop were from Costco and these were from Amazon







i've been using the (good) ballasts from the removed 8 footers for the old fixtures in my parts room.

[SweetMK]

I had the fixtures, and I bought a 20 pack of direct wire 4 foot bulbs at Lowes for about $50.
Those LED bulbs are perfect in my garage. I put 12 in the garage, and 6 (so far) in my office,,

Some of the fixtures needed wiped down,, that was the hardest part of the install.

[CAVEMANN]

I bought six 4 foot LED fixtures from LOWE, and 2 from WALMART, I don't care for the ones from Walmart, I really don't know why, but it might help if I actually hung them & used them.

[52 Ford]

https://www.harborfreight.com/24-ft-...ack-63483.html if you take one of these and swap the bulbs out for bright LEDs (60, 75 or maybe 100w equivalent) they work GREAT!

We ran one of these down the middle isle in the barn for temporary lighting and it was honestly like daylight in there. Obviously the stalls were still dark, but the isle and the loft were plenty bright. Not sure how high up I had them hung. Maybe 15 feet up.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

[52 Ford]

https://www.harborfreight.com/24-ft-...ack-63483.html if you take one of these and swap the bulbs out for bright LEDs (60, 75 or maybe 100w equivalent) they work GREAT!

We ran one of these down the middle isle in the barn for temporary lighting and it was honestly like daylight in there. Obviously the stalls were still dark, but the isle and the loft were plenty bright. Not sure how high up I had them hung. Maybe 15 feet up.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

I should add that we used a single 12 bulb, 24 string with 60w equiv. bulbs in that barn (plus the single 60w in each stall). The barn is 40X50 I think.... maybe bigger.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

[Sberry]

Ok, we had looked and about the cheapest fixtures were 50 something in Menards then the sec found them just north of 15, cheap little buggers but they work really good.

[Norcal01]

Problem with cord and plug connected fixtures is they require GFCI protection, where hardwired does not.

[52 Ford]

Ok, we had looked and about the cheapest fixtures were 50 something in Menards then the sec found them just north of 15, cheap little buggers but they work really good.

My neighbor put all LED lights in his garage. After about a year, some of them started blinking on and off then eventually cut off. Be sure to keep some replacements on hand.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

[SweetMK]

My neighbor put all LED lights in his garage. After about a year, some of them started blinking on and off then eventually cut off. Be sure to keep some replacements on hand.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

I built my shop (45X57 feet ) in the year 1999,, and put up two metal halide lights in the year 2000.
Those two lights have been working for 22 years, and they were used when I put them up.
I think I bought a new bulb for one of them about 5 years ago, but, I can not visibly see any difference compared to the original bulb,,

Those two lights easily light the main 35X30 area of the shop.
I did put one over a welding table,, it gives off so much light, it will darken an auto weld helmet.
(If you have that light on,, and are facing the light, you need to reach up, and "shade" the helmets light sensor, if you want to see,,, LOL!!)

I also have one over a workbench,, there is ZERO concerns about needing additional light.
Working at that workbench is kinda like being next to the ocean, at Myrtle Beach at 3:00 in the afternoon,,, it is bright,,,

I doubt that I will take down those lights in my lifetime,, I enjoy them EVERY time I am in that shed.

My lights are 15+ feet high,, lower than that, the lights might not be as nice,,,

[bigb]

I built my shop (45X57 feet ) in the year 1999,, and put up two metal halide lights in the year 2000.
Those two lights have been working for 22 years, and they were used when I put them up.
I think I bought a new bulb for one of them about 5 years ago, but, I can not visibly see any difference compared to the original bulb,,

Those two lights easily light the main 35X30 area of the shop.
I did put one over a welding table,, it gives off so much light, it will darken an auto weld helmet.
(If you have that light on,, and are facing the light, you need to reach up, and "shade" the helmets light sensor, if you want to see,,, LOL!!)

I also have one over a workbench,, there is ZERO concerns about needing additional light.
Working at that workbench is kinda like being next to the ocean, at Myrtle Beach at 3:00 in the afternoon,,, it is bright,,,

I doubt that I will take down those lights in my lifetime,, I enjoy them EVERY time I am in that shed.

My lights are 15+ feet high,, lower than that, the lights might not be as nice,,,

I had Mercury Vapor in mine and yes it was bright as day. When I re-did the ceiling to add insulation I replaced it with LED strip lights, it's just as bright and I don't have to wait 10 minutes for the Mercury Vapor to come up to full brightness which is a real pain if the power drops out for a moment while you're working. I also found that if I was running out to the shop to grab something real quick I wouldn't use the lights because they took so long to strike and warm up so I'd use a flashlight. Plus my power consumption went from 175 watts per fixture to 36 watts per 2 tube fixture, and they don't hum. I did enjoy those Mercury lights for many years though, and like you I got them used.

[52 Ford]

I've swapped almost every bulb in the house and shop over to LED. In my kitchen, I went from over 600W of lights to about 50W. In one part of my shop, I have 12 60W equivalent LED bulbs in the ceiling. 108W instead of 720W if they were incandescent. They're bright enough that I haven't cut on the 1000W halogen fixture over the bench since I installed the LEDs.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

[52 Ford]

I had Mercury Vapor in mine and yes it was bright as day. When I re-did the ceiling to add insulation I replaced it with LED strip lights, it's just as bright and I don't have to wait 10 minutes for the Mercury Vapor to come up to full brightness which is a real pain if the power drops out for a moment while you're working. I also found that if I was running out to the shop to grab something real quick I wouldn't use the lights because they took so long to strike and warm up so I'd use a flashlight. Plus my power consumption went from 175 watts per fixture to 36 watts per 2 tube fixture, and they don't hum. I did enjoy those Mercury lights for many years though, and like you I got them used.

In my shed, I have a 4 foot T8 fluorescent 2 tube fixture right when you walk in the door. The ballast has gotten kinda weak and it doesn't like starting the tubes when it's cold out. I swapped ONE of the tubes in the fixture with a ballast compatible LED tube. It's not as bright as the fluorescent, but at least I have SOME light when the fluorescent doesn't start.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

[bigb]

They're bright enough that I haven't cut on the 1000W halogen fixture over the bench since I installed the LEDs.

Sent from my Lincoln Buzzbox using Tapatalk

You can use that one for heat this winter.