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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3696  
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Hello
I need some lighting in the garage that hopefully my series will be in soon. I was looking at the LED options but are these bright enough for tinkering in the darker months. Do I go Warm White or Cool white? Was looking at ,maybe two of these :- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Industrial-Tripro...QE0T4WMVXY Thanks |
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9th Oct 2017 10:26am |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410
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Hi Stacey. LED light is much better than both halogen and fluorescent IMHO. More crisp if that means anything. For work in the garage I would go for the cool whiter light as well. The warm light is a little more yellow and more suited to a comfy waiting room with/without water cooler bubbling in the corner...
Obviously IMHO that is... |
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9th Oct 2017 10:33am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10363
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I replaced all my flouro tubes with LED versions, not cheap but a vast improvement.
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9th Oct 2017 10:55am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3696
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^ Great input,
What wattage did you go for? |
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9th Oct 2017 11:02am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7875 
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I'd say a 20W LED would be good amount of light and as above the LED gives a very good quality light. James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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9th Oct 2017 11:30am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3352 
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I would second that, custom90steve. Cool white would be a good choice for workshops (I would mostly go for a warm white if you are putting them in your house).
LED's are good as fluorescent lights do tend to be very dim in very cold weather, especially when they are first switched on. The LED's won't suffer with that. If you have fluorescent lighting in the garage already (The T8 lamp type) and they have switch starters in the fittings, the conversion to LED is simple. I work in Building Services design and was at a seminar last Thursday with a lighting manufacturer. They were saying that they hardly ever get requests for fluorescent lighting designs and will probably retire most of their fluorescent light fittings in the near future. At the minute, LED is the future, well at least in commercial lighting. |
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9th Oct 2017 11:39am |
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| greenlandrover Member Since: 09 Jul 2017 Location: Stourbridge Posts: 145 
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I'm thinking of doing this in my garage soon too.
Not got much room above the Defender roof so wondering if anyone has very used any other lower profile lighting instead of the flouro tube replacements? I agree that cool white (6000k?) is the way to go in a workshop or garage. |
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9th Oct 2017 12:25pm |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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We have downlighters and spotlights in our home - all with GU10 bulbs. We replaced all of them with LED bulbs - all 38 of them! Plus all the outside lights were changed - 21 of them - for LED GU10s. Best thing we ever did. Cool, crisp, bright white light. Cheapest I've seen them for is 2 each (5 watt equivalent to 40 watt) is in Screwfix, so four would give you 160 watt equivalent for just 8. But they also do LED floodlights, too.
There was a report in a science mag that LED lights don't attract attention so much from moths etc. We have most definitely noticed that. |
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9th Oct 2017 1:51pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3696
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Great,
Cool white LED around 20W it is then. I doubt if I will have much room at all above the Series but will see. Currently no power in their at all so I'm going to take the power for the lights off an outside waterproof 2 way supply and use armoured cabling. Willlook at whats available. |
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9th Oct 2017 2:04pm |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587 
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I'm thinking about replacing my fluorescent fittings with something like these as they're only 26mm tall once in a surface mount frame. Personally I'd go for the daylight white over the cool white. Definitely not warm white for a workshop though. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Li...index.html |
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9th Oct 2017 2:38pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19611
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^^^^ TLC are a great company.
As mentioned already, you can either go for new LED downlighters or convert Flourescent fittings. Significant saving on energy bills too, done this with the house and power is around 20 a month now and was more like 65 or something like that a few years ago. Each light fitting used to be 60 - 100w and now 8 - 9w each. Outdoor lights much the same, previously 150w flood now 20w LED and actually brighter. And my 90 is full LED. too.  Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧 |
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9th Oct 2017 3:39pm |
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| Gaz101 Member Since: 02 Sep 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 6 
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To light a double garage up well i sugest 4 of these
Light 71W 4000K 1500mm (5ft) Our Products > Lighting > Indoor Lighting > BG Indoor Lighting > Luceco Commercial Lighting > LuxPack Battens Brighter than 6 ft twin floresent |
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9th Oct 2017 4:02pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7875
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When lighting agricultural workshops we often mount strip lights vertically on the walls. The light fan then spreads out over the side of the vehicle, which is mostly where you want it. We find particularly with big machinery like combines overhead lights just light the roof of the vehicle which then shadows the sides. You can get some very good mobile battery operated LED lights, which you can obviously move to exactly where you want it for specific tasks. James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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9th Oct 2017 4:09pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3696
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I was thinking maybe the sides rather than roof.
This is what I want to light, I would say it's a single and a bit? Probably wider than a normal single also. Its 'my' garage as it's at the back of the house not attached, the other Garage is attached and we are currently thinking what to convert it into 
 Click image to enlarge The Sankey is now under a cover I built at the side
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9th Oct 2017 4:28pm |
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