Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: HarryHornby on 17 August 2015, 08:46:32 pm
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Oh Foccer font of knowledge, my garage has 3 flourecent tube lights in in, a 1.2m one just in front of the up and over door, a 1.5m one about half way down and a couple of .5m ones above the work bench that are currently not working, so I've got about 120 watts of working light between the 2 tubes.
Now, I'm a bit of a tight git with electricity and I'm liking having LED bulbs all around the house that cost me next to nothing to run.
So, what can I go in my garage that would give the same even lighting with minimal shadows that you get the tubes that won't get me all twitchy every time I turn them on?
I see you can get LED tube lights, are they the way to go, do I need to change much or are they a straight swap for the existing tubes or is there a better/cheaper alternative, or should I just leave the tubes lights in there?
Any suggestions?
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Almost the whole of Sharp hall is GU10 LEDs (SMDs) including the state room that has 15 bulbs at 4 watt each with each one giving about the same light as a 40watt halogen so that is a big saving. These are now £20 for 5 in screwfix
But I do not have any strip light LEDs but they are the same SMds that are in my lights but just in a straight line instead of a circle I think that you will find that the light given off of is more directional and possibly giving more shadows so you may find that you are better off adding more tubes and also go for the 6000k daylight ones
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The led tubes produce less than half the lumens of a fluorescent tube , you could replace the single fluorescent with twin led tubes , that will roughly be about the same lumens , the fittings are coming down in price now and the led tubes do last a lot longer , but they won,t use that much less electricity .
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As mentioned above, you have to work out what you need in lumens to match the tubes. Then compare wattage and work out actually how much the lights will cost you to use.
Then factor in the price of buying the LED's and bearing in mind how often you turn them on, see how many years it will take to break even!
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I'd stick with the tubes, the only advantage with LEDs in that situation is in cold weather when discharge tubes can take a while to get to full brightness.
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For all garage lighting questions please ask deadeye. Thank you :lol
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I can also arrange to keep your garage toasty warm throughout the winter periods :evil :evil :evil
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I can also arrange to keep your garage toasty warm throughout the winter periods :evil :evil :evil
:rollin :lol
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