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weird side note: i couldnt find the bulb you bought in the tool, so i just used the bulb you used int he example, with the same lumenance and i came up with another row of lights... weird. heres the screenshot.

also, 12 high bay lights instead of 40? ill take that any day, especially since, if its too bright, i can dim them! lets wait for platonic to chime in though... since in a reply he sent to you, he said your 12.5' was cutting it close for high bay minimums..

ceiling will be bright white metal roofing. walls will be drywall. no idea on either white or like a tan, and no idea on sheen either. heck itll be all covered up with shelving and pegboards anyhow. also i wouldnt know the room reflectance either. now that i think of it, i did seal the floor...

wow this tool is amazing! thanks Fisher! man i with they made these light dimmable :) it would make things easier..

Thanks for the info. I think if I stick in the 75 FC range I'll be okay. Also I'm going to stick with LEDs since I'm doing it right the first time. Thanks for the offer though. Platonic, when you can let me know how I should lay out the lights based on those fixtures I put in my last post...

here is the best 2 bulb combo im seeing right now if i was 4k temp, 2400 or more lumens, 4ft t8 bulbs $15.48 per housing if buying 24+ free shipping...

i like the second link. way better value plus free shipping. but theyre frosted. does that matter or hinder light output?

just checked out that sticky. the separate led bulbs dont come in 4000k temp. only 3k and 5k. ive had 5k's in one shop and theyre a bit too blinding blue. ill keep digging. now as for the outlets being a pain.... im thinking you might be right since with the hard wired models i just need a...

Wow no kidding. I would need 40+ 4 foot lights to get to where I need to be. I'll check that post out. I know I looked at it briefly to calculate how much each light would be. But I'll look into it more.

Thanks for the advice everyone. It is pretty slim pickens for eight foot fixtures around 50 bucks (double the 4ft price). As long as I keep the same amount of suggested lumens, I can just get 4 Footers if I run into a bind ...no?

got it. Thanks for the link. So essentially you're saying I need to buy the same amount of lights but twice as many lumens?

Its functional. Work on cars, fabricate etc. What do you suggest for lighting then? I cant find any 8ft leds

I added 6 total in the clean room instead of 4. I had a outbuilding that was 12 x 16 for years and it had for 4 4-bulb 5000k standard lights in it. It was nice since I can turn on 2 at a time with 2 switches so it was half brightness. lll do the same in here with the six

how is this? 24 lights total now.

thanks guys. ill try eliminating a row of lights. Matt, thats a great idea. i was planning on having 1 circuit be the left half/bay of the garage and the 2nd circuit/switch be the right bay. just for that reason. i like your idea better, but that would mean i would have to have both circuit...

hey guys. im just finishing up running my electric to the new 36x48 shop and its time to space out these lights. to see the build click here . its 36x48 with 12ft ceilings. there is a 16x12 clean room in the back left corner. right now i have 38 4' lights and it just seems like i have 1 row...

Still waiting on the garage doors and gutters. They will be done this week. Insulation is 90% complete. In the beginning i told them i didnt want any insulation on the ceiling of the first floor, so they ended up putting some on the edges since they needed to insulate the open non-usable...

hi there.i just told the lumberyard and they told their in-house truss engineer the specs i wanted. I chose 80psf since i plan on having gym equipment up there. just to add some sturdyness. it was only like $25 per truss for them to beef it up. bottom chord is 2x10, top chord is 2x8. oddly...

Hi there. PM me and ill give you the details. might be easier to explain over the phone.

Lets just say it took a lot of motivation to get to this point! Many Amish builders around here do great work, but they arent the best project managers... thats been my job :). But yes, September we finally made a lot of progress. Just ordered the garage doors, and the insulation should be...