LED shop/garage lights
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James-W
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I don't have any, but a friend of mine has two of them in the hallway in his house. He says they work OK, but they aren't as bright as he had hoped they would be.
matt151617
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To get the light output of regular lighting, you'd need really a lot of them. They aren't that cheap either. They're coming down in price and improving in brightness, but at this point they aren't feasible.
mrjaw14
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When the fluorescent light in the laundry room went kaput, a single 24" tube, I replaced it with a 18" LED strip meant for cabinets. The fluorescent fixture was mounted to a wire storage rack, so it wasn't really meant to be installed there. The LED strip fit the bill perfectly. plenty bright, and was only about $10 more than a new fixture and a new bulb. And I don't have to replace bulbs, and starters any more.
My application is in an enclosed space, I'm not sure how it would be in an open garage space, but I can't wait until they make 48" fluorescent fixture replacements. It's going to make life easy in the winter, be easier on the electrical bill, and not be yellowish color light.
My application is in an enclosed space, I'm not sure how it would be in an open garage space, but I can't wait until they make 48" fluorescent fixture replacements. It's going to make life easy in the winter, be easier on the electrical bill, and not be yellowish color light.
frhrwa
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wait for prices to get real.. right now, new item, GREED is taking its toll.. CEO's want that money.. so they rip you a new one for something that doesn't cost a tenth of what a light bulb cost.. LED's are CHEAP.. real cheap.. and take way less power, so, as usual the corporations are using this to make a killing selling extremely high $$$.. just wait them out..
prices aren't that great if you're just looking for best value $$$ per light output. but, they are adequate and energy efficient. i particularly like the "whiter" light they output. here's a picture of my garage at night, no street lights... just illuminated by 4 sets (2x 8' tubes each) of LED T8 lights:
prices aren't that great if you're just looking for best value $$$ per light output. but, they are adequate and energy efficient. i particularly like the "whiter" light they output. here's a picture of my garage at night, no street lights... just illuminated by 4 sets (2x 8' tubes each) of LED T8 lights:
Full Size 66
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For an LED fixture that would replace a 4ft. fluorescent it was way too much. I bought 16 two tube fixtures for less than one LED. I am sickened by the fact that I will probably replace these with LED in the next 10 years as the price drops to reality.
Falcon67
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I have a couple of undercabinet LED lights in the shop. They are there because they looked like **** in the kitchen. Plus the magnetic base on them stuck them to the underside of the metal cabinets with no work. So, those did not go back to HD. The only LED stuff I'm using otherwise is in the kitchen remodel. It's running about $40/ft for the undercabinet lighting.
There are some cheap but neat looking LED undercabs at HD for under $20, but to work right they need to be about 36" off the work surface.
There are some cheap but neat looking LED undercabs at HD for under $20, but to work right they need to be about 36" off the work surface.