Layout and light suggestions, just poured concrete

[Bodaway]

We just poured the floor on a 40' x 54' pole building. It will have 12' side walls with scissors trusses that will put the center of the ceiling at around 15'.

The interior will be all white metal.

At some point there will be a small 6'x6' bathroom in one corner, but I'm not concerned with it as far as the lighting layout goes.

I've been reading through Platonic Solid's sticky "Best Light Fixture Ever" and came across this thread https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=376044.

These lights look like they will do the trick, but I'm not sure about how many to use and the layout.

I appreciate any help.

 

[Bodaway]

I'm guessing 8 - 10 of these should work.

Any input?

Would something else work better?

thanks

 

[Hollywood D]

I used 12 Lithonia fixtures I got from Home Depot (24x30). They are 4' LED and about 4300 lumens a piece. They are hardwired. Plenty bright for me.

 

[haptiq]

I read the best fixture sticky as well, little over a year ago. I did way more calculations with unknown units than my simple brain could comprehend so I did what I do best and just winged it. Here is what I ended up with and I like it. 30x36x12, white ceiling and off-white walls, 16 4 ft T-12 fixtures off craigslist, and a bunch of Divalight ballast bypass bulbs. I got the 2200 lumen 5000k frosted lens. They are easy on the eyes (no glare) but plenty of light and no shadows when I run them all. No hum, no warm up time, no flickers, low current draw, $23 per fixture all said and done. I like that I can change an $8 bulb when they fail rather than replace a whole $30 premade LED fixture when the time comes.
Summary: go LED, shop Beeslighting.com, save a ton if you retrofit, 70 lumens per square foot of painted space is great but you might need more for unfinished or dark colors.

 

[Bodaway]

thanks for the feedback. I appreciate your suggestions.