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glennster 10-16-2012 06:40:37 75.57.134.154 Report to Moderator	ok, so they are fazing out the t-12 8 foot flourescent lights, what are the options for replacement? [Reply]   [No Email]
Hogleg 10-17-2012 07:57:19 38.104.162.74 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   Brad, here is the link - 4 bulb for $108 and 6 bulb for $125. Good info, for sure http://www.e-conolight.com/linear-fluorescent-high-bay/6-lamp-commercial/6-lamp-commercial-linear-fluorescent.html John   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bradiniowa 10-16-2012 19:42:46 184.63.19.28 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   Just installed T5's in my new shop. Went with six bulb fixtures. Put 6 in a 28 by 46 shop. Really lights it nice. Bought them locally from a hardware store for $133, bulbs included. Think he gets them from Econolight.com. Says he has sold several hundred of them.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bryan iniowa 10-16-2012 16:54:45 209.252.175.31 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   I am in the process of re-lighting my shop . Going with T5 4 or 6 bulb 48 inch fixtures. Not cheap,round 200-225 each. BUT ..was told they"d save me close to $1600yr on my electric bill . Had energy audit . Got hodge podge of 8 ft flour reg and HO . Some 400 watt Highbay lights,those things are the devil ..cheap or almost free to find on Craigs list, but man do they run the meter up. Checked out a few shops with the T5 lights,wow daylight bright .   [Reply]  [No Email]
Stuart 10-17-2012 05:17:24 166.181.3.35 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to Bryan iniowa, 10-16-2012 16:54:45   It is not being a T5 or T8 that makes then bright, its the rating of the bulb. I would stay away from Th T5s unless you like to replace ballasts. We have them at work and have tried every ballast brand we can find, none of them hold up. The technology is not there yet.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Fixerupper 10-16-2012 19:38:19 100.42.82.164 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to Bryan iniowa, 10-16-2012 16:54:45   My neighbor put in T5 fixtures with six? tubes per and boy are they bright. In the shop I'm rigging up in the cattle shed I hung up a few cheap household two tube T5's just to see what they would do and so far I like the light they put out. Jim   [Reply]  [No Email]
MarkB_MI 10-16-2012 14:23:24 75.198.79.15 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   I've had T-8 fixtures in my shop for around eight years now. I'm very happy with them; they fire up reasonably fast at 32F. Supposedly they're good down to 0F, but it seldom gets below 20 in my (currently) unheated shop.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Gary from Muleshoe 10-16-2012 10:37:44 74.50.132.58 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   Thanks guys I believe I will just trace our the leak next spring. In the mean time I am gonna unplug the compressor.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Gary from Muleshoe 10-16-2012 10:39:03 74.50.132.58 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to Gary from Muleshoe, 10-16-2012 10:37:44   Oops I replied to the wrong post.   [Reply]  [No Email]
David G 10-16-2012 08:24:00 205.215.206.18 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   Mashbox has it.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Mashbox 10-16-2012 06:45:47 98.190.207.35 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to glennster, 10-16-2012 06:40:37   If you want to stay with fluorescent strip lights, your choices will be T-8 or T-5, with T-8 being the more economical choice.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Gary from Muleshoe 10-16-2012 10:35:52 74.50.132.58 Report to Moderator	Re: shop lights ??? in reply to Mashbox, 10-16-2012 06:45:47   Just change the ballast to a T8 and put T8 bulbs in.   [Reply]  [No Email]