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Light recommendation above workbench

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I'm going to upgrade the lighting in my garage / shop, but the layout is a little tricky to work with. The ceilings are only ~8ft 3in. high and I have some large shelves for storage overhead, which brings that down even further in those areas.

I've been playing around with DIALux evo a little to help me out and came up with the attached lighting configuration, which gives me a pretty even ~90fc coverage on the workplane in the main garage area.

The question I have is specifically about the workbench in the pictures. Short of moving the bench to a different part of the garage, any recommendations of how I can get good lighting there? The pegboard and overhead storage are giving me headaches. I can't mount it on the underside of the OH storage because it gets in the way of the pegboard and I'd probably hit my head on it. I can't mount it on the ceiling because I put long pieces of wood up there and the OH storage would block half the light anyway. Maybe something wall mounted? No idea, need help.

Thanks!
 

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MikeYC

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go to Costco, get one of the $40 dollar Feit LED 4' hang it over the WB... or you can move it around cuz its on a cord to find the best use .
Done 3800 LM. I have mine at 8 foot and brightens it up well
 
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DC73

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Maybe some type of wall mounted swing arm lamp that can be moved around as needed? I have a light similar to that pictured below mounted to a wood block on the wall above a small workbench in my garage.

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