Stick with 5ft flurries. Electronic start. @£20 / ea. No flicker on start up. Cheap to buy, cheap to run = more bike bling cash.
+1 on that, You can also get natural light effect tubes. We use them in work and they give more of a white light than the usual yellow tinge, that tends to be bad for the eyes.
We're supposed to use daylight balanced tubes throughout for colour management, but in truth they replace the magenta bias you get with normal tubes to a blue one that reflects back off the paper white, so it screws the balance but in a different colour cast. I've just doubled up a normal one and a daylight one in each twin unit and it balances it out better. Not much of a contribution, but I was feeling left out.
Seen the I65 weatherproof lights. Not expensive maybe £40 for a twin light. I like them due to the strong cover. Which means no chance of braking it when moving stuff in the garage
Oh aye, tuff bastids them. I would have suggested them but reading your post after quaffing a bottle of wine......er.... P.S. 'quaffing' is just like drinking except ya spill more.
Sounds like fun blags. Anyone know of a local store that sell these lights. Would rather pick them up myself than order online. But that depends on the prices.
Probably 5,500k - 6,500k. It says on the tube what colour they are, these are the full spectrum daylight jobbies. Supposed to replicate natural daylight, so preventing eyestrain and headaches etc also promote natural well being. Bollocks
Try an electrical wholesaler, most are on their arse at moment and ya might blag a deal. Other than that screwfix are as good as anyone.
These might be the ones I've got in my workshop. Weather proof seal around the tube and the cable inlet. Stops sawdust getting into the gubbins.
In my old life I found that tube lights on the roof and along the walls gave a much better overall light at night when mucking about with the toys. Walls painted white and floor a light blue. But as has been mentioned seal the floor first with Unibond watered down. Even had a double radiator fitted on the back wall so it was nice a cosy in the winter. Sawdust you say Ken, been scratching your head again
Bitch! In my experience, wherever you place the lighting, there'll be a shadow dropped across the one spot you absolutely, positively need it.
Indeed. That's why I have a cheapo LED head torch. Works perfectly for lighting up those nooks and crannies
As an electrician I know what works and would use 4 x 4 ft, twin, high frequency flourecents with " cool white " tubes rather than daylight tubes. They give a much better working light and are far cheaper. The four seperate fittings will also help to reduce shadows and high frequency will not give you any issues with optics when using rotating equipment.
And to make it look really smart, check out the LED strips available on sticky-back rolls for the underside of your shelves. Its cheap and looks the nuts. Rs componants sell it but you will find cheaper
I'm with Crin. daylight balanced tubes aren't the most comfortable to work in. A higher colour temperature works better.
There is nt probably anything better than this type of fitting but i think for a garage 4 might be a bit of an overkill....... (5ft twins) will be cheaper as they are the most popular sold.... i buy these fittings almost monthly for our projects.... (plantrooms, workshops, etc) and yes LEDs for lifetime use is good but that martket is still evolving.....and costly ! occassional garage use stick with the flourecents....
will be going for 2 or 3 5ft of the above as suggest found a good looking wholesaler local to me i'm going to pop in at lunch today
