Surface mount troffers?
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imavanner2
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You can do it. What kind did you get how good was the deal?
chris
chris
4car
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I am in the same situation. I found some 4x2 T8 4 bulb troffers on CL. the guy wants $15 each for them with bulbs and has a bunch so I think I am going to try to get some this weekend. I tried loading the Lithonia lighting program from their website but I can't get it to work. I have about 900 sq feet in my garage and I am thinking about 8 fixtures would be plenty but I am just guessing. My ceiling is 9.5' and white.
PassnThru
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What sort of problem did you have loading the program? We might be able to help with that
4car
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The download seemed to go fine but maybe I missed a step. When I try to open the program I get this error "m_Main.programinitialize line 270 error 75 path/file access error". then I close that window and get this one "m_main.activation line 580 Error 91 Object variable or with block variable not set"
PassnThru
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You might try this link:
http://www.3d-visual.com/Support/Item.asp?SessionID=0&WebID=50070
http://www.3d-visual.com/Support/Item.asp?SessionID=0&WebID=50070
The ones I found are Metalux GR8 series, new in the box with lights for $40 each. Not as good a deal as I had hoped. They also say they are "UNV=Universal Voltage 120-277" so I'm not positive they will work for me? Will these work on standard 120 electric at my house?
I went to the cooperlighting website and found the light I was looking at and clicked on the Calculate link, and it open up a cool little program to calculate how many lighs I would need.
I went to the cooperlighting website and found the light I was looking at and clicked on the Calculate link, and it open up a cool little program to calculate how many lighs I would need.
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They will work for 120-277V, just connect the supply voltage & they will work.
At $40 bucks each I would look elsewhere.
I just talked them down to $35 each, that includes the bulbs. Lowes has the same light for $47 without bulbs + tax. It's getting better, but they only have 20, I think I will need more than that for my shop.
dipper
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I paid $10 each for mine, but no bulbs. I have the parabolic fixtures. They will work good in your shop. My brother has those same ones in his garage.
$35 each sounds a little steep, but if you don't have to replace the ballasts or bulbs it doesnt sound too bad.
$35 each sounds a little steep, but if you don't have to replace the ballasts or bulbs it doesnt sound too bad.
dipper
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Mine i bought for a discount homecenter that i work part time at, so i got a little bit of a deal, but anybody that walked in that day could have gotten the same deal. I replaced all the ballasts (got a deal on those too) and put new bulbs in. Mine are dropped right in the suspended ceiling i installed.
My brother's came from his work that they were gonna toss out. He mounted them right to the studs in his unfinished garage, about 6 of them in a 24x24 garage. They are very bright.