Active Thunder Toy Box is up!!!!
12-06-2007, 04:12 PM
#81
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Quick update:
Garage doors have been installed for a while, and I just bought and trenched the electrical supply cable from the house to the toy box (300+ ft).
I've been debating Metal Halide high-bay lights vs. HO/Low Ballast Fluorescent lights, and it looks like I am going with the Fluorescents as they provide better light.
Garage doors have been installed for a while, and I just bought and trenched the electrical supply cable from the house to the toy box (300+ ft).
I've been debating Metal Halide high-bay lights vs. HO/Low Ballast Fluorescent lights, and it looks like I am going with the Fluorescents as they provide better light.
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12-06-2007, 04:19 PM
#83
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Flourescents dont seem to give off that much light even when they do walls & cielings , our shop has 36 - lites with 300W rough service reg bulbs and is'nt brite at all with 36 bulbs goin .are the mh lo bay pretty brite ???thnx
12-06-2007, 04:52 PM
#84
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I have a metal halide temporary light in there now, and I just don't like it. My ceiling height (bottom of rafters) is only 12'. The bulbs are all relatively the same, its just the lens/reflector config in the low-bays that make them more suited to lower ceilings. My neighbor has a metal-arch airplane hanger type building, and he has MH high-bays; and they work great. But his ceiling height is probably 20' high.
Trust me, I have given the MH every chance in the world to impress me, but I don't like the warm up time. I don't like all of the IR, UL, and radiation that they put off (bad for fading paint, and I wear contacts which is also not so good). They are at their brightest when they are new, and they lose brightness gradually over time.
I am going with 11- 8' High Output-Zero Degree Ballast Fluorescent Strips at $60 each.
vs.
6- Low-Bays at $250 each.
I am basically duplicating James' barn in this post:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...4&postcount=62
His building is 74' long with 3 rows of lights, 5/4/5. I am going with 3 rows of lights, 4/3/4 in my 60' long building.
Here is a pic of my neighbor's building with MH High Bays.
Trust me, I have given the MH every chance in the world to impress me, but I don't like the warm up time. I don't like all of the IR, UL, and radiation that they put off (bad for fading paint, and I wear contacts which is also not so good). They are at their brightest when they are new, and they lose brightness gradually over time.
I am going with 11- 8' High Output-Zero Degree Ballast Fluorescent Strips at $60 each.
vs.
6- Low-Bays at $250 each.
I am basically duplicating James' barn in this post:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...4&postcount=62
His building is 74' long with 3 rows of lights, 5/4/5. I am going with 3 rows of lights, 4/3/4 in my 60' long building.
Here is a pic of my neighbor's building with MH High Bays.
Last edited by Sydwayz; 12-06-2007 at 07:09 PM.
12-06-2007, 07:03 PM
#86
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Yep. Here is a picture of James' place before he had the inner ceiling installed. Its still plenty bright.
12-06-2007, 08:36 PM
#88
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They are very bright and come one instantly, THe bulbs are
F96, but the 4100 lumens is what you want to get it bright.
There is one step even higher but it puts off a blue effect , does not look natural. These are supposed to be as close to daylight as you can get.
F96, but the 4100 lumens is what you want to get it bright.
There is one step even higher but it puts off a blue effect , does not look natural. These are supposed to be as close to daylight as you can get.
12-06-2007, 08:45 PM
#89
Banned
High Output-Zero Degree Ballast Fluorescent Strips that sydwayz spoke of earlier ??? Menards or electric supply house ?
thnx
