lighting up the fur shed
#8121718
04/14/24 05:44 PM
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That.darn.coon
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What lights do you guys use for the fur shed inside
******* I save my sick days, because come winter, I'm gonna have a bad case of trappin fever *******
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8121760
04/14/24 06:43 PM
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RdFx
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If lights inside how do you get sun to charge up lights unless you take out of shed into sunlight. If so sounds like a bit of hassle
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8121776
04/14/24 07:03 PM
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Turtledale
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Florescent lights for me. Tried two different LED lights and both quit working within 6 months. Not sure why, but maybe because my barn isn't heated
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8121802
04/14/24 07:37 PM
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Lugnut
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I put LED tubes in my new wood shop four years ago. I used double four-foot fixtures and 5,000K tubes. I was shooting for 100 lumens per square foot and ended up at 97. It is very bright in there, very little task lighting needed. I'm in that shop about every day, often times all day. I bought good quality, 50,000-hour lights. they were expensive. So far no issues except static on my AM radio.
I'm going to use the same in my new fur shed/summer kitchen.
Eh...wot?
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8121804
04/14/24 07:39 PM
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Turtledale, I have the same lights I described above on the back porch of my wood shop. They are still working after four years.
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#8122083
04/15/24 08:46 AM
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Edp and finally you dont have to buy anything to do this, use your old fixture and throw away the ballast. You are done......jk
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8122285
04/15/24 03:00 PM
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Lugnut, what brand LED light did you mount outside? I don't mind paying the extra money for something of quality
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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#8122323
04/15/24 04:37 PM
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Led is the way to go, so much more light for the electric usage.
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Re: lighting up the fur shed
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04/15/24 07:18 PM
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Lugnut, what brand LED light did you mount outside? I don't mind paying the extra money for something of quality I used Euri Lighting 4 ft. T8 LED Tubes - 2100 Lumens - 15W - 5000 Kelvin - 120-277V. I installed them in PLT Solutions non-shunted, direct-wire, LED strip fixtures. Each fixture holds two 4 ft. T8's At the time the tubes were $8.99 a piece and the fixtures were $12.99 each. That was five years ago. I'm sure prices have increased since then. I ordered everything online from 1000 Bulbs in Texas. I got a dozen fixtures and twenty-four tubes. Shipping was salty. I am very pleased with them. No problems in five-plus years. I can't tell you how many times I've smacked them moving the loft ladder around or flipping long work pieces (even though I purposely built high ceilings to avoid that). Those plastic tubes are durable!. Fluorescents would have given me a glass shower a dozen times. As I mentioned in my other post, the outside lights don't seem to mind the temperature extremes.
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#8122405
04/15/24 07:23 PM
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Bruce T
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Two double four foot lights with hoods ECT. Free at my local dump at the take and leave section.
Nevada bound
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