I am still getting my shop set up again in my new garage, and one of the issues I was facing was lighting. When I sold my house, the buyer specified that he wanted all of my garage / workshop lights to be included in the purchase. This was annoying, but not too big a deal as the traditional two-tube fluorescent lights I had weren't too expensive. Hey, if it sold the house then have at it.
That led to a problem in my new workshop though, a lack of lighting. I hadn't completely decided on what I wanted to do, as it would involve running conduit wiring to supply power to everything and so I wanted to get it done right the first time, and cut down on revisions.
Then I saw these bulbs, pictured below, while I was at Northern Tool. They're made by Eiko, fit in standard light sockets, pull 85 watts of power and put out 340 watts worth of light. They are also about 10 inches tall, so they won't work well in a basement but they do work nicely in my garage with 10 foot ceilings. Since I had eight standard light sockets already installed in my garage I decided to give them a try and bought a pair to experiment with.
Holy COW are these things bright! They are instant on, but take about 15 seconds to spin up to full brightness. Once they do they are INCREDIBLY bright, supplying very strong light to everything they can shine on.
If you need some good lighting and don't want to rewire your shop, give these a try.
- Kirk Simmons
- Eagan MN