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Shop lighting
I have wanted to upgrade the lighting in my shop for awhile. I have had 4,48" 2 tube florescent Light fixture with 40w, T 12 tubes and have a track light with 3 incandescent spots above my work/carving area. But with the new laws every light bulb and tube light I have will soon be unavailable. In another forum I share on there was recently post on lighting. With that information and some further research I have chosen to go with the 48" T8, 32w, 6500K tube day light tubes. I installed a 4 light fixture over the work/carving area today. Wow, what an improvement. The old fixtures in the rest of my shop have the older magnetic ballast and I will have to replace those ballast with a electronic ballasts to be able to use the new bulbs. When that is done it will be a bright place to work. I did not realize how dark the shop was. I had gotten use to the way it was. All afternoon I was saying "this is great". It will be truly worth the effort and expense.
I have wanted to upgrade the lighting in my shop for awhile. I have had 4,48" 2 tube florescent Light fixture with 40w, T 12 tubes and have a track light with 3 incandescent spots above my work/carving area. But with the new laws every light bulb and tube light I have will soon be unavailable. In another forum I share on there was recently post on lighting. With that information and some further research I have chosen to go with the 48" T8, 32w, 6500K tube day light tubes. I installed a 4 light fixture over the work/carving area today. Wow, what an improvement. The old fixtures in the rest of my shop have the older magnetic ballast and I will have to replace those ballast with a electronic ballasts to be able to use the new bulbs. When that is done it will be a bright place to work. I did not realize how dark the shop was. I had gotten use to the way it was. All afternoon I was saying "this is great". It will be truly worth the effort and expense.