Help me shop for my lighting!

[jake26]

Hey Gang,

As I mentioned in a few earlier posts, I am re-doing my garage and am now at the point where I need to get some lighting so I know how to run the electrical. My plan is to hard wire two rows of three (3) 4' two florescent lamp fixtures with a middle row two (2) fixtures tied into my garage opener to light a 24' X 25' garage.

Living in Wisconsin, I need some low temp ballast and looking to use T8 bulbs.

These are some options:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IOFIPU/?tag=atomicindus08-20

They look nice but I worry that the cover will limit light and require more lighting than I planned

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JQWKIA/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Simple fixture but how is it different than this one?

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/...artial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber

Lastly, are Amazon, Lowes or Home Depot the best places to look for value lighting? Any help is greatly appreicated

 

[jake26]

I guess my main questions is:

Does anyone have covers on their lights and regret having them instead of brighter lights?

And, what makes those uncovered light strips different? I assume it is the quality of the ballast.

 

[regguy1]

I used 20 of these with the 6500K tubes from HD, they're about $20.00 in store. I like the plastic diffusor, I think it looks neater. My garage is very bright inside.

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/...artial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber