Pullstart 58,794 #1 Posted July 13, 2018 Yes @ebinmaine I know how bad I need to clean the shop... But at least I can see now! I found these 3000 lumen 4000K brightness 4’ shop lights for $20 a piece from Home Depot online ( not sold in my local store) and got 6 installed so far. I’ll wait until the other 8’ strips die before I replace those. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,359 #2 Posted July 13, 2018 6 hours ago, pullstart said: Yes @ebinmaine I know how bad I need to clean the shop... But at least I can see now! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA !!! It's all good Kevin !! It's excusable because of poor past lighting..... Mine looks like a small cyclone went through lately. Love the new lights! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 2,476 #3 Posted July 13, 2018 I put new LED lights in my shop last summer and it was one of the best things I ever did! Looks good! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 58,794 #4 Posted July 13, 2018 FYI, Menards has a better lumens per dollar rating on their 5000 lumen linkable sets... wish I shopped around a bit more... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
varosd 1,185 #5 Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Has anyone tried the LED replacement bulbs in the old fluorescent fixtures? looks like your old fluorescent light fixtures have to be the older style magnetic versus a new were electric Ballasts Edited July 13, 2018 by varosd eee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shallowwatersailor 3,213 #6 Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Before putting our MD house on the market, I painted the garage to improve the looks. It had a single socket right by the garage opener that was very dark. I did have shop lights over the work benches though. Using wire mold I moved and added two sockets then installed Keystone GGL-50 4400 Lumen LED Light Bulbs with built-in reflectors. For our new VA house, there were four existing sockets in the garage plus two opener lights. For the sockets I used the smaller Keystone GGL-20 1500 Lumens LED Light Bulbs with built-in reflectors. I was just looking for decent illumination as I will be doing a minimal amount of work in there. It is a lot brighter in both garages than the photos would indicate. Keystone GGL-50 4400 Lumen Keystone GGL-20 1500 Lumens Edited July 13, 2018 by shallowwatersailor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 58,794 #7 Posted July 13, 2018 5 hours ago, varosd said: Has anyone tried the LED replacement bulbs in the old fluorescent fixtures? looks like your old fluorescent light fixtures have to be the older style magnetic versus a new were electric Ballasts I have not, but those fixtures are so old and rusty under the covers that they probably aren’t worth investing anything into. So, I’ll wait for them to die, then change them out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPWH 5,288 #8 Posted July 14, 2018 11 hours ago, pullstart said: I have not, but those fixtures are so old and rusty under the covers that they probably aren’t worth investing anything into. So, I’ll wait for them to die, then change them out. 17 hours ago, varosd said: Has anyone tried the LED replacement bulbs in the old fluorescent fixtures? looks like your old fluorescent light fixtures have to be the older style magnetic versus a new were electric Ballasts I work for an electrical contractor. Our service department has done many of the florescent to led upgrades. Bottom line based on experience is about 10% of the lamps initially are bad and life span is about a year. Now we only do total fixture change outs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunahead72 2,329 #9 Posted July 14, 2018 2 hours ago, JPWH said: ... the florescent to led upgrades. Bottom line based on experience is about 10% of the lamps initially are bad and life span is about a year... Just to clarify, 10% of the new LED lamps are bad, and they only last a year or so in the old fixtures? That's good to know, thanks! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPWH 5,288 #10 Posted July 14, 2018 That is correct. If you want to upgrade the florescent without changing the entire fixture buy the rolls of leds that you can cut to length. Much more reliable. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,162 #11 Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) 23 hours ago, varosd said: Has anyone tried the LED replacement bulbs in the old fluorescent fixtures? looks like your old fluorescent light fixtures have to be the older style magnetic versus a new were electric Ballasts yes they work fine we did it some our buildings. Edited July 14, 2018 by jabelman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOB ELLISON 2,976 #12 Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) I tried to chang all my old 4 foot t12 florescent bulbs over to t8 led bulbs except I ran out of led's so I just installed t8's in 2 fixtures. I really couldn't see any difference. But I did have to change all the ballasts for all the t8's and led's. Not all new ballasts will work with led's. I went to the led manufacturer and they had a chart of all the ballasts that will work. The ballasts cost about $15.00 and the LED bulb was $6.00 each at lowes.so for $21.00 each wasn't bad. The led's with the fixtures was $49.00 each. But now I can see in my garage without falling over anything. I love my new lights. There are different types of LED bulbs. Some have a built in ballast so all that's needed is 112 volts to them but very expensive. Edited July 14, 2018 by BOB ELLISON 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites