LED High Bay - EBay

[deerhunter88]

Any review on the lights pasted below. have been considering 6 of these for a 30x60x14 area. Any help is appreciated.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110-Watt-LE...570519?hash=item4650ef4bd7:g:jEIAAOSwu1VW5uLE

 

[cybrdyke]

A quick search of the DLC site shows no listings for:
Platinum Peak
Cost Less Lighting
The part number listed
...so I call BS on their DLC claim.

A quick Google search for Cost Less Lighting shows that they sell this product on their own website and on Ebay. Couldn't find it for sale anywhere else.
The UPC code number is owned by a company in Georgia, MultiTask Music LLC. A quick Google search shows that there is such a company, but there is no website or any other information about what this company does.

There is no real lighting information provided about this fixture. No beam angle, no info on whose LED's they use or whose drivers.

Personally, I'd run away. But...not to be a d(ck, but why Ebay? Surely there's an electrical supply store near you, or at least a big box. Or at the very least...a legitimate lighting website. Why ebay? You'll just get ripped off there.

Anyway....
Good luck
CD

 

[deerhunter88]

I spent a little more in cement than i would like. I priced some really good Phillips LED lights that ran $1700 for 6. Two being on motion and dimmer switches for the outside portion. I was good with these untill i spent the extra in cement. Now i was just trying to recoup $ where I can.

 

[deerhunter88]

And thank you for that research. definitly appreciated.

 

[deerhunter88]

Would six 4 lamp T8 LED tube ligts work in this application. Hanged height would be 15'. 30x60 area.

 

[OldNeons]

I spent a little more in cement than i would like. I priced some really good Phillips LED lights that ran $1700 for 6. Two being on motion and dimmer switches for the outside portion. I was good with these untill i spent the extra in cement. Now i was just trying to recoup $ where I can.

Unlike the previous poster, I'm fine with looking for bargains on eBay. Do your homework first

That said, lighting is the absolute last place I'd try to save money on my new shop build. Wait, save, sell something, but do the lighting right the first time. If you do, you'll never regret it. If you don't, you'll be back here in six months asking for input on how to "fix" your poorly lit shop. Good luck

 

[deerhunter88]

The seller reached out to me, asking for deminsions and what all i would be doing in the shop.
I looked on beeslighting, they have some good deals on the 4 lamp t8s and 6 lamp t8s. Im trying to stick with only 6 fixtures

 

[cybrdyke]

The seller reached out to me, asking for deminsions and what all i would be doing in the shop.
I looked on beeslighting, they have some good deals on the 4 lamp t8s and 6 lamp t8s. Im trying to stick with only 6 fixtures

Either way you'll be underlit, which might be fine for now, until fundage is more available.
IMO, go for the 4 lamp T8's. Here's why...at some point in time, you'll need more fixtures. 6 lamp fixtures are kind of an odd fixture, but 4 lamp fixtures will be very easy to match whenever you can.

You can strategize where to hang them, knowing that you'll need to add more later.
You can put them all in one space that is immediately important to you, or you can space them out to get maximum coverage.

Just an educated guess, you'll need a dozen of those just to get near minimum levels.
Good luck
CD

 

[matt_i]

Lighting is one area where one can add over time if necessary to stretch a budget. Put in wiring or boxes, and cap them off, add one every X months as funds become available again.

 

[bobmulry]

Hi,

I have a 2400 square foot shop in which I installed 8 - 6 tube t5-HO high bay fixtures......

Each fixture was rated at about 30,000 lumens and mounted 16' from the floor for a total lumen output of 240,000....

I have them set up as 2 circuits and usually only use 1 circuit to light my work area.....

Total cost for the fixtures and bulbs was $944.00.....

To get the same lumens from LED's the cost is $2240 for the 16 fixtures....

They didn't give the wattage used in the LED's but the T-5 fixtures use a little over 300 watts each......

The cost difference seems to be about $1300 for the LED's with an unknown energy savings.....

I put in Solar last year so power usage isn't much of an issue....

Just me 2 cents,
Bob

PS:
As a great philosopher once said "You can pay me now or you can pay me later"

 

[neilc]

I just installed 8 of these in a 50x75x18 foot metal building for a farm shop Mounted them at about 17 feet high. Walls and ceiling are white insulation so good reflection for coverage.

Very happy with the choice. Great price for an LED fixture with an 80 CRI and 5K color.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/174170/PQL-55214.html

 

[wssix99]

Now i was just trying to recoup $ where I can.

Don't buy these, then.

Your space isn't a "high bay." High bays are generally like you'd see in a big box store/Wal-Mart. (20 feet-ish) For a 14' ceiling, all you need is a normal fixture, which should save you even more money. (These lights won't spread the light out enough for you and specify a 15-40' ceiling: https://www.costlesslighting.com/11....html?osCsid=008fa0bf9b94032d8e852644529854f8)


I have 14' ceilings and went with standard T12 fixtures. My thinking is that by the time my first or second set of tubes burn out, the LED conversion kits will be a small fraction of the price that they are today.

 

[deerhunter88]

Thanks, My mounting height will be 15' though. Since 15' is the low range should i move on to others? The seller contacted me back saying it with these specs at 15' it will produce 50 candle lights per foot.

 

[MJockey]

Would six 4 lamp T8 LED tube ligts work in this application. Hanged height would be 15'. 30x60 area.

For reference my main shop bay is 37' x 47' (about the same sq ft as yours). I have 14 - 6 lamp T8 LED fixtures with 24 - 22W lamps and the rest 18W lamps. They are hanging at the 11' level. I get 80 - 110 foot candles at waist level. I can check tonight to see how many fc are lost if I put the meter on the floor.

What foot candles level are you aiming for?

 

[wssix99]

Thanks, My mounting height will be 15' though. Since 15' is the low range should i move on to others? The seller contacted me back saying it with these specs at 15' it will produce 50 candle lights per foot.

What color are your walls and ceiling going to be? If a light color, this is an easier thing to figure out. If dark, then you will probably want to get out the slide rule.

My thinking is that there shouldn't be a need to go to the higher cost fixtures unless you really have the physical need. The high bay fixtures will have a narrower beam of light vs. normal fixtures, so they:
- will leave your walls darker, especially up high
- you'll need more of them to get an even spread of light at the floor (this may be irrelevant depending on how many you are buying)
- work best if you like doing your work at floor level on your hands and knees (your mounting height may be 15', but the distance from the mount to where your hands and eyes will be doing most of their work - hopefully - will be 10-12')


A lighter room gives you more room with the wider angle fixtures. The walls won't absorb that many lumens and they will just reflect most of what hits them back in to the room and on to the floor.