I think. Well, we haven't talked about lighting in, what, maybe a week? I went back last night and started rereading the old posts about lighting, and I realized I had never gotten the FFW article on lighting so many had talked about. So I downloaded and read it. I did get a little bit of extra information, and a some good information on terms that helped me. The information on how many lights per size of room showed me I was right on track with my thinking for my 20 X 24 shop. Because of where my cyclone closet is, I'm thinking about going with 6-8' fixtures that have 4-4' lights in them in the main part of the shop. I will then go with 4-4' double tube lights on the north end around the cyclone closet, possibly changing the one over the bench to a 4', 4 bulb unit. Then 2-8' quad bulb units in the finishing room (12 X 14), althought I wondered about using 3. The finishing room does have 2 windows in it for some natural light.
Since I can't seem to find the fixtures on line, except the $180.00 units , I will plan to get these at HD. I have priced the daylight T8 bullbs at HD and they are 2 for 6.97. but can't tell what CRI they are. Then looking on the net I found a place to order bulbs by the case, I would need 2 cases. Question 1. They have the T8 bulbs in 86 CRI at 5000 degree Kelvin for $47.50 a case. Then they have the 95 CRI tubes at 6000 Kelvin for 97.50 a case. I know the 95's will be brighter, but do I need that much? My shop is pretty dark even with the 10' wide door open...Lots of shade trees. (did I just answer my own question?) Or will the 86's be more than adequate and be able to save about 100 bucks? (never mind my last name, I actually have more Scottish blood in me than Irish) Just as a note, I do have two task specific lights per major tool mounted to shine on the blade/bit during use, from 2 different angles overhead. The other variable you may want to consider is that I'm approaching the big 50 and lighting does seem to be more important than it used to.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! GO (insert your favorite team here)!! Jim
ps: I had also given some thought to one case of each, with 95's exclusively in the finishing room, then scattered around the shop with the 86's, usning the 95's above the tools and bench area first. Jim.