I was looking to adding more light fixtures to my 40 X 40 shop but I just
cleaned
all the dust from the tubes and fixtures and the brightness in my shop is
fine again
just like I remembered is was when I installed all the lights.
What a relief I thought my eyesight was going away
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Siewert" <mdsiewer@ucalgary.ca>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: shop lighting
> Doug, I'm no lighting expert, but it sounds to me that you should be
> short on light. My shop is 24 by 30, 10 foot walls and I run 12 4 foot
> flourescents fixtures (2 tubes each).
>
> The shop I'm sitting in here at work is 25 by 40, 12 foot ceiling, and
> just went through an "energy retrofit" last year. Looking up I count
> 28 four foot dual tube flourescent fixtures!
>
> We complained alot about lack of light right after the retrofit, we
> didn't get more fixtures but did get a tube change. Flourescent tubes
> come in a variety of lighting spectrums, warm, cold daylight etc.
> These different tubes emit light at differing wavelenghts, "color
> temperatures". Changing tubes can help in minor ways, reducing glare,
> eye strain etc, but are not the solution to an over all lack of light.
>
> mike
>
> Doug Odom wrote:
> >
> > List, I am hoping that someone on the list knows about lighting.
> > The main part of my shop is 30' X 50' with 12' high walls. For the last
> > 20 years I have used 11 florescent fixtures. Both 4' and 8' and have
> > never thought it was enough light. Anyone have any good ideas about more
> > shop light? And Keith, no smart remarks about me always being in the
> > dark. Doug Odom in big ditch
> >
>
> --
> Michael D. Siewert
> Technical Support Group, Department of Chemistry
> University of Calgary. Tel. (403) 220 7228
> http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mdsiewer/
>
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