Let there be light

[lodaddyo]

Scored these lights from a warehouse. Tired of working in the dark and fighting bad flourescent bulbs and ballasts. Gonna hang 8 of them in my 40x50. Should be plenty of light. Best part is they were free!

 

[cybrdyke]

Cool! Now you'll be fighting much more expensive lamps and ballasts.
Just kidding.
Free is good!
CD

 

[joseph.a.owens.9]

We have these in the welding shop at work and there constantly going out.

 

[lodaddyo]

damn man, dont tell me that!, they gotta be better than what i got

 

[SARG]

Free up until your first electric bill with those puppies sucking down the juice.

 

[PDM]

yes, they eat up a lot of juice, AND create a lot of heat. What height is your shop ?

 

[lodaddyo]

12ft eave. Probably 16ft in the center

 

[Rookie2]

all 8 total = 2400 watts = about $0.24 /hour to burn @ $0.10 KWH

 

[txvwnut]

The biggest thing with those style of lights is to remember that they are not an instant on off light, that ballast needs time to warm up and cool down. I had a guy try to give me some one time and told him I'd pay him if he didn't leave them with me.

 

[lodaddyo]

I have for 8ft flourescents i plan on leaving up as well. I knew they werent instant to come on. Should i scrap this idea and put up more flourescents?

 

[Rookie2]

Two problems : Once they are burning if the power glitches or if they are turned off ....it takes about 5 min or so to refire. Those are High Bay fixtures ,you may have to try to cut the reflectors down to get good light coverage. PITA

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Two problems : Once they are burning if the power glitches or if they are turned off ....it takes about 5 min or so to refire. Those are High Bay fixtures ,you may have to try to cut the reflectors down to get good light coverage. PITA

My thoughts exactly.

Tommy

 

[lodaddyo]

True. I dont feel like having to cut all these reflectors. I might have to re think this. The purlins i was gonna hang these on is at about 14ft. So lets say 12ft to the floor. You dont think i would get enough coverage?

 

[PugetDude]

They're free.
Try them and see if you like them.

They also look good for a home garage.
If you don't like the light, the warm up time or the cost to run them, retrofit them with a $2 medium base ceramic lamp holder and screw in an LED or incandescent floodlight.

 

[CNGsaves]

They're free.
Try them and see if you like them.

They also look good for a home garage.
If you don't like the light, the warm up time or the cost to run them, retrofit them with a $2 medium base ceramic lamp holder and screw in an LED or incandescent floodlight.

^ ^ ^ This. Trial period to see whether they work for you.

HEAT factor is significant. Are you located in AZ and paying for air conditioning for your shop nearly year round ??

Update GJ Profile with City/State/Country.

If cold environment and heat is welcome relief, then you might need a couple ceiling fans to push that heat down to where you're at !!

 

[lodaddyo]

Deep south louisiana. Hot and humid. Ill update it. Sorry

 

[lodaddyo]

The lights were free and so is the wire. My cousin is an electrician and will wire them for me. All i have to do is get them up there. If i dont like them ill put them on craigslist. Thanks for the help. Ill post some pics when i get them fired up