Thread: Is There An Electrician In The House ?

Whatever you do, don't let the smoke out of the ballast or any other electric component...hard to get it back in.

Yup, hear you.

I put 8 LED’s in my shop, 2 car garage and it is not enough light, thinking of going back to fluorescents over the task areas.

I had T8’s in my last shop and liked them, lots of bright light. You can find old school, 8’ft fluorescent’s cheap, on Craig’s List, put 4 in my sons garage, Ace Hardware still carries bulbs.

I put nine 45 watt LEDs in my 3 car garage.

It is very bright.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Yup, hear you.

I put 8 LED’s in my shop, 2 car garage and it is not enough light, thinking of going back to fluorescents over the task areas.

I had T8’s in my last shop and liked them, lots of bright light. You can find old school, 8’ft fluorescent’s cheap, on Craig’s List, put 4 in my sons garage, Ace Hardware still carries bulbs.

I think the thing about LEDs is that there's such a HUGE variety in bulbs, fixtures, etc. My shop is lit mostly by LED and I couldn't be happier - particularly when it gets cold. There's no waiting for them to warm up like there is with florescent lights.

I'm actually in the process of figuring out what the heck kind of LED configuration I could use to replace the 48" florescent fixture above the workbench. It hasn't been working well since some nail gun action shook the bulbs out a while back.

Originally Posted by rolodave

I put nine 45 watt LEDs in my 3 car garage.

It is very bright.

Are they 45 watt or 45 watt equivalent and use only 2? I just pulled those numbers out of my you know what but the advertising on the LED's is purposely confusing I think.

If anyone is happy with theirs, some links to them or brand would be helpful.
Just like the screw-in LED bulbs, some I have I really like. I have also bought some with garish light or that were too dim.

Wattage 'numbers' is irrelevant, boys and girls, when considering different types of illumination. Incadescent (sp?) wattage is vastly different than LED wattage. Just as LED is vastly different than compact florescent (sp?).

Lumens is what is the 'felt' (or seen) brightness.

The 'kevlin temp' also plays a huge factor in what 'seems' bright vs not-so-bright.

Google is your friend, when researching things we don't do everyday. Besides, it makes you appear smarter at work (kinda like the 'Sports Center commercial).


I bet I spent 3hrs researching before I bought my new shop's lights. But, when I dropped over $1K lights, I was confident in what I purchased.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

If anyone is happy with theirs, some links to them or brand would be helpful.
Just like the screw-in LED bulbs, some I have I really like. I have also bought some with garish light or that were too dim.

I'm afraid I won't be much use there. I hadn't used LED before and so went for the cheapest possible option for my experiment: Aliexpress. In typical Aliexpress style, the seller (and so the exact same bulbs) are long gone.

They were 100w equivalent (somewhere around 15w I think) "corncob" style. Butt ugly, but throw surprisingly good light.

Originally Posted by 32t

Are they 45 watt or 45 watt equivalent and use only 2? I just pulled those numbers out of my you know what but the advertising on the LED's is purposely confusing I think.

I can't find anything at home depot that says 45 watt. The same size as mine, 14inch, says 100 watt equivalent.

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

Wattage 'numbers' is irrelevant, boys and girls, when considering different types of illumination. Incadescent (sp?) wattage is vastly different than LED wattage. Just as LED is vastly different than compact florescent (sp?).

Lumens is what is the 'felt' (or seen) brightness.

The 'kevlin temp' also plays a huge factor in what 'seems' bright vs not-so-bright.

Google is your friend, when researching things we don't do everyday. Besides, it makes you appear smarter at work (kinda like the 'Sports Center commercial).


I bet I spent 3hrs researching before I bought my new shop's lights. But, when I dropped over $1K lights, I was confident in what I purchased.

Besides your condescending tone I disagree with your post.

Why is energy consumption not related to our choice in lighting? Most LED advertisements mention energy consumption compared to other bulbs. Based on unclear comparisons.