LED High Bay Light's ?

[427HISS]

I only have a single stall garage, but I do a lot of work in it. Way back in 2000 I built a 1966 Ford 427 Shelby AC Cobra. I was much younger then lol, so now at age 64, I have a legally bling eye, I'm a diabetic and I'm recovering from a 3rd stroke last week, and 2 previous heart attack's.

So, I'm wanting great lighting from anywhere in the garage. Right now, I have 2- 4' long led shop lights and their fairly good, but I need a lot better as when I have my Cobra's hood up I have to move her back or forth to get the best light I can in the engine bay, a pain in the ****. I know that the old metal halide's work well to light up a lot of sq. ft. but their hot and expensive to run, so I've been looking at the LED High Bay Light's. Some may say their too much for a single stall, but I don't need the 1,000 watt lights. lol

But what watt,....I don't know ? I don't have to have them on all the time, I can use the 4' long strip led lights for just normal usage, I don't need high dollar High Bay lights either as I'm not contractor in a large shop etc. I do everything from mechanical's, painting car parts to hobbies for both to me and my wife, friends, family's and neighbors. Pretty much for everybody and anything.....

I've attached several on Amazon because we are members for a long time, have great prices and shipping is laser fast.

Let me know what you would suggest, how many, 1 row or 2 rows of lights, what watts etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Gugsey-28000lm-Lights-Warehouse-Workshop/dp/B0C81GJQ37/?tag=atomicindus08-20

AMAZON LIST OF BAY LIGHTS -

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=high%2Bbay%2Bled%2Blight%2Bfixture&crid=1E9P6LGJ5OKIP&sprefix=High%2BBay%2BLED%2BLight%2Caps%2C276&ref=nb_sb_ss_saint-en-refocus-candidate_3_18&tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[getawheel]

How high is your ceiling? How deep is the bay? Walls painted?

 

[Bert_]

You need more small lights, not one or two big ones.

I really only use highbays on 14' and taller ceilings

 

[Stuart in MN]

Agreed, high bays are for high ceilings. There's all kinds of four foot strip LED fixtures available these days for not much money, they're your best bet. Look at the two sticky discussions at the top of this section, there's a lot of good information on what fixtures to get, how many, and how to arrange them to suit the size of your garage.

 

[427HISS]

Their only 12" ceilings, so I thought two would be great to light up the entire garage like metal halides, but I might stick with the 4 ft long LED's.

 

[Bert_]

If you want good light, put a row on each side of the building. Plus a couple in front of the car.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Their only 12" ceilings, so I thought two would be great to light up the entire garage like metal halides, but I might stick with the 4 ft long LED's.

With high bays you'd end up with massive bright spots directly under them and less useful light elsewhere. Fixtures designed for lower ceilings will give you much more even light distribution.

 

[427HISS]

With high bays you'd end up with massive bright spots directly under them and less useful light elsewhere. Fixtures designed for lower ceilings will give you much more even light distribution.

What fixtures are you speaking about ?

 

[Bert_]

Strips still work good at 12'

 

[Shiftless]

Another vote for 4 foot long LED tubes even at 12 feet high. Even and overall spread of lighting is SO much better than blindingly bright spots of light. I have nine 4 foot twin tube LED fixtures spread out over my garage that is just 20x20. Works great!

 

[mattthemuppet]

you're better off with lots of lower power (say 10-15W strips) in an evenly spaced pattern. They will cast fewer shadows, wherever you are, and the shadows they do cast will be less "black" because of the lower intensity light. I like having paired lights above my workbench - one in front of me and one over me, that way I'm never working in my own shadow

 

[Chris Stapley]

Their only 12" ceilings, so I thought two would be great to light up the entire garage like metal halides, but I might stick with the 4 ft long LED's.

I have a 12' ceiling in my 30x50,it is set up with 8 high bay led lights and its fantastic..

 

[sparky 1971]

Another vote for strips. For a one car garage I'd use two rows 1/4 of the way in from each of the long walls. Use 8' four lamp and 4' two lamp butted together end to end for what is almost the entire length of the garage. If it's 20' deep, use two 8' fixtures, 24' deep, use two 8' and one 4'.

 

[mm08822]

Another vote for strips. For a one car garage I'd use two rows 1/4 of the way in from each of the long walls. Use 8' four lamp and 4' two lamp butted together end to end for what is almost the entire length of the garage. If it's 20' deep, use two 8' fixtures, 24' deep, use two 8' and one 4'.

OP's running another thread about 4 footers. Not sure why that question wasn't part of this one.

 

[sparky 1971]

OP's running another thread about 4 footers. Not sure why that question wasn't part of this one.

Well, I don't have anything to add to that thread. You pretty much covered everything I have to say.

 

[427HISS]

OP's running another thread about 4 footers. Not sure why that question wasn't part of this one.

I was asking here about the Bay Lights in this thread, to people that actually use them, so I decided to start the other one asking about 4' LED lights for people that use those. Sorry that you're confused.