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I initially had recommended T8 fluorescent strip lights, but for a 16x26 building, simply putting in some porcelain sockets and screw-in light bulbs would be the least expensive option. Typically this isn't recommended for larger buildings measuring in the four-digit square feet as it takes a...

According to the NEC, 2 AWG XHHW aluminum (which is what the 2/2/2/4 mobile home feeder wire is) to a non-dwelling structure landing on a typical 75 C rated breaker is good only for 90 amps. They allow over-rating dwelling service entrance breaker sizes where the amperage capacity of the wire...

Since you want to work on boats and cars, you want it lit up pretty well, typically is it recommended to have 93 fc 2 1/2 feet off of the floor. What kind of T5HO fixtures do you have? The recommendations for spacing, hanging, and how many to get depends on the type of fixture. A four-light...

That depends on the POCO and also your situation. If you are the very last person on that distribution line, you have a fairly long run from the transformer to the panel, your service is borderline or too small already, and your POCO scrimps on equipment (a 10 kVA transformer on a 200 A service...

That was the entire point of my comment, which he jokingly replied to.

I am glad to see that others are not fans of equipment that has little to no ability to be repaired. The only major impediment to repair not noted in that article is legal hurdles making repair difficult or impossible, generally involving a manufacturer encrypting control ICs and not allowing...

It depends on what you are using the building for (essentially, how bright you want/need the building to be), what kind of T5HO fixtures you have (highbays, strips?) and how much glare bothers you or doesn't. Typically T5HOs are used at a mounting height of at least 15' above the floor as they...

I bet that person lives in the US. Many people use the older, lower voltages rather than the current, slightly higher voltages as until the 1960s and 1970s, equipment was generally labeled using the older 110, 220, 440, and 550 voltages. If somebody grew up working on equipment marked as 110...

You can't mount those fixtures flush as they will overheat. You would need to use a standoff bracket that puts the top of the fixture about 4" down from the ceiling, hang them from chains, or use a pendant mount.

LED floodlights like other floodlights have a pretty narrow beam pattern compared to "open" bulbs like your standard E26 sockets. 7 feet is a really low distance for a narrow distribution fixture like that, it will look like you used spotlights. I would either replace existing E26 bulbs with...

The NEC discusses the supply voltages, which for nearly all residential is 120/240 volts. The actual voltage you see will be within 5% of this, often on the higher side. Standard supply voltages as discussed by the NEC are 120, 240, and the three phase derived voltages of 120/208, 277/480, and...

The link Max posted shows that Texas's energy production is about half generated by natural gas (48%), 20% by wind, 20% by coal, 11% by nuclear, 1% by solar, and a tiny bit of "other." This is a pretty common mix with the majority or at least a large portion of the energy coming from wind and...

This wasn't a political comment and certainly wasn't a copy and paste. These are facts: - There are laws and regulations that exist at the state and federal level that mandate that a certain amount (usually a certain percentage of the total) of electricity is produced using specific modalities...

There are three things going on in the South and lower Midwest with regards to the electricity issues. I live in southwest Missouri and we have had some issues with power supply in specific cases around here. 1. Massively increased demand. There is a very high prevalence of air-source heat...

I did an experiment where I relamped a T8 light whose ballast had died with the Sylvania LEDLescent Type B lamps. These are 17 watt 2200 lm double-ended lamps with frosted lenses. They were very easy to wire. Performance is overall similar to a decent F32T8 like the GE SPX lamps in a reflectored...

If you are looking at the garage from the long direction (the 44' side), there are five columns of lights going from left to right. There are 3 lights in each column. The distance from the inside of this wall to the near edge of the first fixture in each column is 4' 9" (8.8 feet minus the 4'...

How well do you want this lit? Generally if this is a "working garage" the recommendation is about 93 fc. 15 of the 12,600 lm LED strips will give you about that illuminance. A quick guesttimation with a similar fixture in the Visual 3D tool recommended five columns of three lights, 4.4' off...

Strip lights at about 1000 lm/ft will put roughly as much light to the floor as a fluorescent strip light of the same length. Typically strip lights are usable up to 20 feet although often other types of lights are used at 16' and above as buildings with higher ceilings tend to be large and it...

The power draw of LED ready fixtures (the ones with nothing inside them except wires to the tombstones) depends entirely on what LED bulbs are installed. If they are 18.5 watt bulbs, then you get 37 watts per fixture, so 592 watts, which is just a fuzz under five amps. Regardless, you are well...

Stepladders are way more stable than extension ladders. Mine is one of those extendable/convertible Little Giant units that extends out to a 12' stepladder. Very handy, the only negative thing I can say about it is that it is pretty heavy for its size.