lighting help

[richman]

I have a 36x52 shop with 14 foot tall walls. I need help with the lighting, what to do. and grid lay out. I need alot of light it will have to lifts in it that i want to make sure i dont need a drop light under the hood to work and also will be doing alot of detailing so i need good light for that also.
I was going to use 9 6 bulb t5's is this going to be to much? what are you thoughts thanks for the help
richie

 

[Steevo]

A diagram showing your layout, lift locations and detail area(s) would be beneficial in answering your question.

 

[richman]

i don't know how to put a diagram up here let me see if i can explain

the big door is going to be on the Gable, you will be coming in under a loft that is 10 feet off the floor and 12 feet deep going back into the garage and 36 feet wide. the gable is 36 feet wide and the shop is 52 feet deep. the two lifts will be all the way at the back side by side. they will be off the back wall about 16 feet just enough so you can have a car on it and have room in front to have a work bench and space so you can get a engine hoist in front and be able to pull the motor. the first 14 feet of the shop has the scissor trusses so from there back it is like a 36 x 36 flat roof shop at 14 feet tall thats where i have to decide what to put up there for light. above the loft will have regular light
hope this help i will try to load pics

 

[Angelfire]

You might find this useful:

http://www.visual-3d.com/tools/area/default.aspx?

 

[richman]

sorry I dont know what to do with that link
i'm going to try and l;oad these pics maybe this will help

 

[Ch3No2]

Will the walls be painted and or drywalled?
Will there be a ceiling to help light reflection?

Here is mine 20 x 44 with 15 4 tube T-8 fixtures...more light than needed but since they are the double ballast fixtures I have 4 switches to control what I need

 

[eriksalo]

I would recommend having lighting that you can illuminate in zones.

For my shop, one switch turns on the "basic" lighting for the whole shop. Plenty enough to see, find stuff and get around but not "car detailing" lumens.

For the areas I wanted extra light, I put in additional circuits/lights so that I could turn them on when I was working in that area.

For shops that have lots of lighting and only one switch, it seems like overkill to fire the whole thing up to just get a screwdriver or some such and duck out again.

 

[richman]

it will be drywall every wherepainted sooner or later gas heat and painted floor. i'm just trying to decide between t8 or t8 lights.
I was thinking of going with 8 6 bulb t5 lights on two switchs then some can lights under and above the loft on 2 switchs for above or below the loft.

big ? is i dont want to spend to much on the lights but sure dont want any dark spots trying to work on cars either.

 

[richman]

hey guys
will 9 t5ho lights be to much in here?
basicly I'm lighting a 36x36 with these and other lights else were. the first row on the back wall will only be 4 foot off the wall so i get enough light under the hoods of the car then 8 feet to the next one and 8 more to the last row of 3 lights

I'm looking a the 6 bulb four foot lights t5ho's

 

[Shocker]

Personally, I think the T5 stuff is too expensive.

4ft from the wall is OK, but 8ft to the next fixture is too far. I would use the simple 4ft T8 fixtures and space them closer together.

I have about 800sqft lit with 14 T8 fixtures. Works pretty well for working on cars. 10ft ceiling height. 2 zones (perimeter and center).

You could add a few more fixtures closer together and get better coverage.

The biggest thing to work out is the 14 foot ceiling.