Have a look at how I did the lighting in my shop.

[Davesbuildtips]

I have refined the process of lighting through creating 3 new shops over the past 20 years. I hope you can pick up some tips by watching the video. [smile]

Click here to see!

 

[Holmz]

Ohh I like it.

 

[bdiemer]

Thanks so much for the informative video. My shop is not attached to the house. I thought about digging line to light my path but those small solar lights would save me a lot of trouble.

 

[Sparktrician]

The lights I want are these LED fixtures.  I've seen them and they throw some tremendous light. 

 

[Brent Taylor]

The lights I want are these LED fixtures.  I've seen them and they throw some tremendous light.

I'm in the process of building a small shed to store my tools and lawn stuff, I placed a 4' , 4 bulb florescent light and still had a dark alcove, so I installed a porcelain socket with a 60 watt equivalent led blub. Huge difference!  I'll be changing the other out asap.B

 

[Woodwork Wizard]

The best light is daylight, so anyone building their own workshop, have the entire roof (or as much as possible) made of clear polycarbonate. You won't need any windows so you'll get more wall space too.

 

[Sparktrician]

The best light is daylight, so anyone building their own workshop, have the entire roof (or as much as possible) made of clear polycarbonate. You won't need any windows so you'll get more wall space too.

And in that regard, the Solatube is wonderful for bringing in natural light.  When it's dark out, I'll go with the LED lights.

 

[PreferrablyWood]

Excellent info, I'll keep these tips in mind!

 

[Holmz]

The lights I want are these LED fixtures.  I've seen them and they throw some tremendous light.

How much are they?
They give no information on that.

The best light is daylight, so anyone building their own workshop, have the entire roof (or as much as possible) made of clear polycarbonate. You won't need any windows so you'll get more wall space too.

When I saw location-UK I chuckled.

 

[rvieceli]

[member=40772]Holmz[/member]

Here's a link to the store:
https://store.bigasssolutions.com/lights?_ga=1.30783359.139266014.1470747652

BUT USD $400 to 570

 

[James Metcalf]

My shop is 40' x 60' with 16' side walls. I built it about two years ago. I used four of the high bay Big Ass lights. You could not want more light and my light bill is never over fifty dollars each month. The saying " Cry once and then it is over" applies here.

 

[Sparktrician]

[member=40772]Holmz[/member]

Here's a link to the store:
https://store.bigasssolutions.com/lights?_ga=1.30783359.139266014.1470747652

BUT USD $400 to 570

Yup.  One thing they're not is cheap.  Really good, but definitely not cheap.

 

[Cheese]

Interestingly enough, the Bad Arse lights are available from Home Depot for $400.

 

[Motown]

Well done! That is a great looking shop you have there....

 

[teocaf]

here's another recent shop lighting setup.  has anyone else tried these low profile led lights?  i'm also looking to get away from the fluorescents.
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[Cheese]

[member=2205]teocaf[/member]
Sweet...I've missed some of your lengthy, comedic and interesting dissertations...just kind of confused, why did you need to populate the box with those many drivers? Couldn't you have driven that array with 1 gigantic driver or several more powerful drivers?

 

[Kev]

Another interesting thing that's touched on is solar power .. leads to the obvious storage complications. Anyone he got serious about storage?

 

[IWANTBLUE]

Do this ggat gave fluorescent not use high frequency with rotating tools etc?? Especially lathes and the like?? Some fluorescent can give the effect of a still chuck/blade etc.  At the wrong speed...

 

[Grakat]

Only on single tube fittings. A double tube fluro fitting will not give a strobe effect to a machine. I have worked on lathes where a double fitting was hung over it....no problem. However the single tube fittings can generate a stroboscopic effect, making moving machinery appear stationary, but only at certain speeds.

 

[Holmz]

Do LEDs not flicker/strobe as well?