Would someone please help me light a 26x36?

[bigboar]

Hi all,
I am ready to do the wiring for lights in my 26x36 garage which has 9' ceilings and was wondering if someone would be kind enough to do one of those lighting layouts for me showing me the best placement for either 4' or 8' t-8 fixtures. I am thinking of doing a setup on 2 or 3 swtiches... Once again, any help would be appreciated...

 

[4-RunDog]

My shop is 24x36 I used 6 fixtures each holding 4 4'bulbs in tandem. I put 2 fixtures for every 12'x24' bay, if that makes sense. I put two switches in, one that does the bay that all my tools are in and one switch that does the other two bays. I couldn't be happier with the level of lighting!

 

[66 GMC Truckin]

I have a 26 X 36 garage. I did three banks of lights with three sets of paired 4' lights in each bank. Each bank is on a separate switch. I also added a set of lights in between the three lights at the end of the shop where my tools are going to be and they are on a separate switch as well. I purchased some pull chain flourescent lights that had extension cords on them originally and then hardwired them. I used a knockout cutter to run my wires into them from the ceiling with some plastic wire clamps. It works very well and with the pull chains I can turn off any lights that I want to turn off if I was to store a vehicle there instead of working there. I have a total of 22 four foot light fixtures in my shop and enjoy the level of lighting in there. The only thing that I possibly would have done differently is to have that extra pair of lights in every bay as they add a tremendous amount of light for painting, etc.

I'll see if I can get a better picture for you.

 

[bigboar]

thanks guys,
I have bought 18 4' fluourescents and was going to do 3 banks of 3 pair of lights in each bank, so it is really close to what you had done....

 

[66 GMC Truckin]

Basically that is what I did. Only difference is that I added an extra two pairs of lights in between the one 3 pair of lights in one bank for extra lighting over the work area as you can see in the picture that I posted. With 18 4' fluorescent lights it will still be quite bright. My lights take the t-8 bulbs and they are way brighter than the standard fat tube fluorescents and they are also a cold start light so that they don't hum or flicker. They do take a minute to reach full brightness, but are still quite bright immediately.

 

[rwhite692]

There is a guy on here, username "rocco", who does lighting design for a living...Suggest you send him a PM or maybe he will see this thread...

He was kind enough to do a lighting plan for my 24x36, which consists of four continuous (end-to-end) rows of four eight foot ceiling-mounted fixtures, running lengthwise on the 36 foot length of the building. (so each continuous row is 32 feet long).

Yes, that is a total of 64 bulbs!

The fixtures are Lithonia Electric GEB10IS. They are not yet installed, pending insulation/drywall of the ceiling. The fixtures were certainly not cheap but have good quality ballasts which are said to never develop audible "buzzing" and also are said to last a LONG time.

 

[beartoothweb]

Have you considered just using those cheap round fixtures and higher end CFL's?

That's what I did, and man, the light in there is awesome. I have 12 of them in my 10' section and 8 more in my 12' section. They are 100W equivilents from 1000bulbs.com. No on delay at all, and the fixtures are only $1.50 a piece.

I'm so glad I did it this way.

You can see my layout here:

Here's a pic of the 12' ceiling with them on.

 

[His200HerScout]

That's what I did, and man, the light in there is awesome. I have 12 of them in my 10' section and 8 more in my 12' section. They are 100W equivilents from 1000bulbs.com. No on delay at all, and the fixtures are only $1.50 a piece.

Sorry to hijack the thread. Do you have a link to the fixtures you bought?

 

[beartoothweb]

Sorry to hijack the thread. Do you have a link to the fixtures you bought?

This is what I bought:

23 Watt CFL - 100 W Equal - Full Spectrum 5000K - Mini Spring Lamp - Global Consumer Products 035


Product#: FC23-S50OD

Search on 1000bulbs.com for them. I originally was going to mix the incandescent 100w's with them, but the incan's were gross by comparison for brightness and lights, and absolutely no firing delay like some cheap CFL's have.

 

[wrhenker]

Look, I have a building about the same size as yours and I used 6 fluourescents, 3 sets of 2 running parallel with the joists, with 2 T-8s in each. The lighting is un b leeeeevable. Of course, I also have white glossy walls as well. Why go with so many if you do not need them? Take a look at my pics. The interior pics were taken at night.