I have a bunch of old, 8` fluorescent lamps in my business and am slowly switching over to the new T-8`s. Thery`re brighter, lighter and the ballasts are not such a PITA. However, I snuck this little beauty into the invoice.. It`s a 4` high bay fixture with teeny T-5 bulbs that quite simply Kick-A__s. They`re supposed to be used on ceilings over 10` high ..but I figure at an angle; Hey - they`re 10` away! I set it up on chains so I can change the angle. It`s also the right spectrum ..look at the Cool White bulbs in the fixture at the top of the pic!
I, like most of you, have the two-500w-on-a-pole back burners I move around. Sure they`re bright - and cheap - but this new lamp does away with the feeling that I`m working in dark in front of a pair of headlights. In the ceiling of my 2-car garage I have five, fluro fixtures ..and one fixture with 4 of those little 55w Halogen lamps directly over the hood of one car. The Halogens work great but the beams are narrow.
The downside to this fixture (Lithonia mdl. IB454L) ...it`s $170. w/bulbs at your local electrical wholesaler. (xtra bulbs are dirt cheap...)
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