Recent content by Clevername

So it has been a while -time for a quick update. I finished up most of the electrical and framing in the main bay, so I moved the trailer into the garage. There goes a bunch of space. As you can see, I have moved most of my **** into the garage. The shop area is full of my ****, but I have...

I hadn't thought of that. I just talked to the Electrical Engineers accross the hall at work. The 0-10V signal is going into a high impedance input, hence the low current. That shouldn't change just because the lights get turned off. -Better test it though;)

I would end up with six light switches, but maybe I could do the relay version:

Yeah me too. We design equipment all day with 0-10v controls, these circuits use milliamps to set the real drive voltage -which could be 8 gazillion amps or whatever. I guess the on/off part of the switch which passes the AC can't handle more than 8 amps -******, but nothing surprises me with...

Well, I got the Litetronics light on Thursday. I have not had a chance to mount it yet -I have a lot of wiring to do. Here are a couple of pics. This thing is nice. Super solid -all metal. Kelvin

They may dim better with the 0-10V dedicated dimming circuit. The cans I had used standard wiring, but I did have to by a special dimmer for like $65. These were on a dedicated circuit. I can't remember what they called it "forward pulsed" or "reverse pulsed". It is all clear as mud. Kelvin

You should stick it on a dimmer and see how well it dims. I put 4 6in cans in my study with Cree LEDs, and they were much brighter than we thought. I would have liked better dimming too. I don't think LEDs dim as well as incandescent lights. I would have been pissed if I had put two more in as...

Those look nice. I like the Philips driver as well -at least it is name brand. Most of these components are made in China, one would think the name brand stuff would have better quality control and therefore less failures. I also have the feeling that Lumen claims may be exaggerated with the...

This is how you "install" a grounding rod in Central Texas limestone: There is a video here. I could not figure out how to embed it. Does this feature not exist on Garage Journal? The hard part is getting the damn thing out of the hole.

How about a picture? I am shopping for lights myself.

So I ordered the James high bay ($205 with shipping): http://www.ledlightingwholesaleinc.com/James-High-Bay-2-Foot-165-Watt-p/zy-h5-165w.htm and the Litronics ($315.90 with shipping): https://www.prolighting.com/hb185b140dl.html I will post up some pictures once I get these mounted. Kelvin

I am in the process of wiring up my garage, and I have found the selection at HD to be way better than Lowes. I used to always think that to get what you need you had to go to both big box stores just to complete a project. I think my problem is I am going to Lowes first. For instance lowes...

This sounds like noise generated by the motors on your compressors. Maybe you could put ferrite beads around your motor leads. Check the ground wire on your compressor motors and make sure you have a good earth ground. I am an ME not an EE so...

I have been following this thread for a bit as I too have a new garage that is going to need lights in the near future. I found these Litetronics lights which are made in the USA, and look like they are good quality. This model is 16" Dimmable LED UFO High Bay - 185 Watts - 22,000 Lumens -...

Could I run those in series? I feel like I might need two motion sensors to cover the area I want to.