Bryan;
Agreed. Those GE Sunshine fluorescents are excellent, too.
I carefully shopped around for my light fixtures and tubes and did a lot of
comparisons between the light fixtures in a display at Home Depot. The ones
with the best cost/light output seemed to be two high-efficiency industrial
ones-- one a recessed mount and the other a surface mount. They were made by
Lithonia Lighting and cost about $48 each without tubes.
I used the $8.99 (with 2x40W tubes) el cheapo suspended fixtures in my old
garage before and those never seemed to be bright enough.
For extra fine detail work, a good halogen gooseneck light mounted on your
workbench is indispensable.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan A. Savage Jr [mailto:basavage@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:18 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: 'Doug Odom'; Land Speed List
Subject: Re: shop lighting
Neil,
I have found that the type of lamp/tube makes a big difference to my
old eyes. The GE Sunshine fluorescent puts out a very high level of light
that does not seem bright or glare. I suspect that the CRI of 90 is
responsible.
As others have pointed out, there is a big difference between the brightest
and dimmest 4 & 8 foot bulbs.
Bryan
Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> Doug;
>
> My new shop has 8 flourescent fixtures in the ceiling (half the shop has
an
> 8' ceiling, the other is a sloping ceiling of about 16' average height)
and
> I'm very pleased with the lighting. Each fixture has two 40W 4'
flourescent
> tubes.
>
> Part of the credit for the brightness is the glossy yellow floor coating
> (that was discussed in another thread months ago) and the Bright White
> ceiling paint. Dark paint on the floor, walls, or ceiling absorbs light
like
> a sponge and it takes a lot more lighting fixtures to make the shop bright
> enough to work in. Light colors reflect light; dark colors are gloomy.
>
> Another thing to pay attention to is the choice of flourescent tubes
> themselves. There is a range of about two to one in the light output of
> flourescent tubes, depending on the ones you choose. I selected a "True
> Color" flourescent tube; I think they are from Philips-- in any case,
their
> light output and efficiency is high and colors look about the same as they
> would in natural daylight. The last consideration is helpful if you're
going
> to be painting anything.
>
> Look for the flourescent tubes' light output in "Lumens"-- the higher the
> better. Paint is the biggest factor, though-- light colors make a shop
> brighter.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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