Will these work in a shop

[Ramper]

30 x 40 shop with 10 foot ceiling (soon to be covered).

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/for/3057108974.html

 

[Steevo]

They probably need to be at least 14-16 feet from the floor to give a decent coverage and not just make hot circles on the floor.

 

[Ramper]

even LOW bay?

 

[pop pop]

Go to the mfg's website and look for coverage/height.

 

[Ramper]

I am trying to but do not understand the technical specs

 

[Stuart in MN]

If they are in fact low bay lights they're probably OK in a shop with 10 foot ceilings, but note that they are physically large and will hang down a foot or more. Also, ask the seller if he knows how many hours are on them - the bulbs and/or ballasts could be old and ready to fail.

 

[JakeKohl]

here's the spec sheet for these...somewhere within these acronyms lies the answer you are seeking - but I don't know where.

http://www.cooperindustries.com/con...uments/lumark/brochures/vertimark_ii_econ.pdf

 

[Speedy Petey]

If they all actually work that is a steal of a deal. $10 each???

A 10' ceiling is kind of low though. I'd want to see them at least 10' to the bottom of the light.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

This says it all....................

"The Vertimark II delivers horizontal and vertical footcandles to evenly illuminate low mounting areas such parking garages or storage facilities areas"

These will not put out enough light to preform detailed work. They are the type of light you see in a parking garage. They are designed to spread light very broadly and actually not project much light downward, thats what the photometrics graph is showing you, is where the light goes to, its mostly horizontal.

Remember, these are slow to start and warm up, if the power goes out, it takes about 5 minutes to restart, and as noted, if they are well used, the bulbs may be pretty well gone and need replacing. Its a **** shoot with used MH lighting.

These are 12½ inches high so at best, they will hang to 9 ft, and depending on how you mount them, they will hang lower than that.

They are not designed for a shop you work in, but would be good under a lean to shed where you store equipment or in a pole building used for storage. I would not want to try to work on cars under the hood with these lights.

Charles

 

[Norcal]

I used to have 4 Hubbell 175W MH fixtures in my shop, light was good & they saved some money too as would not turn them on as much & was / am in the habit if leaving them on when I was not in the shop, for the money they want for them IMHO, I would go for them, cheap enough & can always be on the look out for something better.

BTW, the reason the MH fixtures were replaced is got some Kenall "Millennium Stretch" vandal resistant fixtures, they were prewired 2-circuit, & each T8 lamp has it's own programmed start ballast, so each could be switched individually.

 

[BFBOB]

The price he's asking is darn near scrap value! Grab 'em, and if you don't like them, **** 'em. Listed by mfr. as Low Bay; that's what you want. Wide spread, even illumination, like you get from 4' and 8' fluorescents. Mount them between your car bay positions, not centered over the car.
Efficiency is about the same as fluorescents, so is color rendition, though fewer lamp color choices. Only real down side is the slow turn-on time.

 

[nehog]

30 x 40 shop with 10 foot ceiling (soon to be covered).

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/for/3057108974.html

These are low-bay and will work OK, though you may have some 'hot spots' directly under them... For the price, I'd go for it. A link:

http://www.summit.com/tradeservice/items/industrial-luminaire--3

this page has links to both maker's specs, and installation instructions.

 

[jhelrey]

They look like lights that I have seen in parking garages at apartments I work at. Their ceilings are barely 8-9 feet. They do leave rings but not like a spot light would. Figure at least 16 inches they hang down.