I know this has been addressed in the past - but the available hardware keeps
changing and I just want to make sense of it all:
Here are the parameters:
o I want a lot of light, fluorescent tubes preferred.
o Temperatures here (Houston area) don't often get below freezing, but I do
want good light in cold weather.
o I want high quality fixtures but replacement tubes that are economical to
run and replace.
So I keep looking at Home Depot and Lowe's and there are 4' and 8' options,
there are 'regular' and 'high output (HO)' options, there are T8 and T12
options, there color temperature options (I think I want "daylight", i.e. high
color temperature). The HO lighting is, I believe, the best when the
temperature gets low. The T8 tubes are apparently more efficient. The 4' tubes
seem to be less expensive in the long run, but I'm not sure.
But mainly I just want to spread a lot of light around in the garage/shop.
Comments?
- Lee
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