LED lighting recommendations

[jpearson]

I just bought a new to me house - circa 1955.
It has a great 23 foot wide and 49 foot long unfinished garage/shop. It's a four car garage - 1 door - so the orientation is long and narrow. It will be used for a variety of automotive, motorcycle, and wood working projects.

I will start wiring the garage in 2 weeks. I know very little about lighting so I'd love some input.

I was planning to run two rows of 4 or 8 ft LED lights. I have two questions - do you guys have any specific light recommendations? The second question is how do I determine how far apart to space the lights?

It's been a few years since I've posted. I learned a lot here setting up my last garage I'm very excited to start a new one!

 

[99LeCouch]

If you have a Costco nearby, their LED shop lights are decent for the price point. I have some in my much smaller garage that light it up nicely.

For the other questions, I'll defer to others.

 

[jpearson]

Thanks - yeah I've seen them mentioned in other threads. We have a SAMs but I think the nearest Cosco is 4+ hours away.

 

[jpearson]

I'm looking at these:
Lights of America 4-foot LED Shoplight (2 pk.) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CCVV5MQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

A little extra work to flush mount and hard wire them but the they seem like a good price point.

 

[Jackfre]

Plus one on the Costco lights. I have 16 of them in my 30x34 and have them switched in quadrants.18 mos. in, all good. Also, I had a problem with one and took it back to Costco with no issues.

 

[jpearson]

16 is what I was thinking for the lights I linked - two rows of 8

 

[csp]

Read the two top sticky threads in the Lighting & Electrical forum.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=30

 

[Nowater]

LEDs were too expensive when I put the fluorescents in my shop, but I ran them in two continuous rows the length of the shop. I did bother to include an extra switch wire so I can light up every other fixture if desired, and it is very seldom that I only switch on half of them. Most of the time it is all lights on.

Maybe as the tubes and ballasts go bad, I'll put in long life LEDs.

 

[bgarrett]

16 is what I was thinking for the lights I linked - two rows of 8

You cant be serious...or maybe you are rich. Those are about $90 each and you are suggesting 16??? Thats nearly $1600!!

 

[jpearson]

The lights I linked were $80 a pair. It would be about $640 before tax.

 

[jpearson]

They are actually available through Sams for $65 a pair

 

[grandall4]

I did my garage with these. Pretty sure these are the ones most frequently recommended in the sticky.

 

[Nexussian]

Thanks - yeah I've seen them mentioned in other threads. We have a SAMs but I think the nearest Cosco is 4+ hours away.

I actually prefer the Honeywell 4 footers that Sam's has been selling here.

Better light IMHO, brighter, slightly better color temperature, better distribution.

Naturally, they cost more, look for a sale.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/4ft-led-shoplight-wt-in-club-item-712371/prod20070899.ip

If you are adventurous, they have them in 6' and 8' respectively, online.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/6-foot-led-shoplight-6000-lumens/prod19540426.ip

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/8-ft-led-shoplight-8000-lumen/prod19540348.ip

Worst case, buy two, move them around until you achieve lighting you like and scale off that.