donkim
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Hello All,
Just got done putting up our motorhome garage. Its 32 x 44 x 15 tall. I was looking for ideas on how to best light it. Don
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CaBoy
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Don't know if you are planning to do the work yourself or hire it done by a pro, but I have used what the hardware stores here call Shop Lights. They are a 4 foot double tube florescent, 2- 40 watt tubes. They put out a lot of light, even and cover a pretty good area. I use them in my shop and in my other out buildings. Very reasonable to buy & have a good life.
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With 15 foot ceilings I think I'd get a better florescent , and get the electronic ballasted ones , no waiting for them to warm up to stop flickering. You can call most lighting places and give them the dimensions of your building and intended usage and they will suggest lumen level and fixtures to accomplish it.
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OzarkPreacher
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CaBoy wrote:Don't know if you are planning to do the work yourself or hire it done by a pro, but I have used what the hardware stores here call Shop Lights. They are a 4 foot double tube florescent, 2- 40 watt tubes. They put out a lot of light, even and cover a pretty good area. I use them in my shop and in my other out buildings. Very reasonable to buy & have a good life.
My garage is 30' X 40 with 10' sidewalls and I have 12 of these in it. Lights it very well. I wired mine with double 110V outlets that will service two lights each. that way if a light fixture fails I simply unplug it and take it down. Install is reverse. Quick and easy.
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Circleearth3
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Carefully analyze the placement before you install. If they are placed the way most electricians would install them, at the top, you end up lighting the roof of the motorhome and the sides are in the dark, forget about seeing inside a basement bay. Some where along the sidewalls would probably be better. For a garage this size I'd use florescent, but longer than the 4'. Give it some thought.
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JUrban
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Try a farm supply store and get 2-4 sodium vapor yard lights. Put a piece of tape over the electric eyes, and put them on a switch. If you don't mind the more blue light, the mercury vapor lights are even cheaper.
We have a 94x42' closed machine shed that we park in and it has 2 sodium lights. I use high intensity halogen contractor lights for specific area close work.
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Bruce Brown
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Our garage is 32' x 48' w/ a 16' ceiling. I have 80' of fluorescent tube around the outside walls along with another 12' of fluorescent tube over the workbench and in the utility room. I also have (2) 400 watt metal halide lights in the ceiling. It's NICE! and bright. 
Here is an interior picture; the lights are at the plywood/metal split.
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I would also mount some quartz lights, 500 watt. Mount them on a metal outlet box and switch them separately so you can only use them when you need a brighter light.
Place them along the edge of the cieling/wall and that will give you more light for looking into the storage bays. Also put some lights along the lower wall area specifically for looking into the storage bays. Again have them on a separate switch so you can turn them only as needed.
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donkim wrote:Hello All,
Just got done putting up our motorhome garage. Its 32 x 44 x 15 tall. I was looking for ideas on how to best light it. Don A match and some lighter fluid?? Oh you didn't mean light it in that way.
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If you want to save some money on your hydro bill get 2 tube 4' fixtures that use T5 lamps with a good reflector. They put out almost twice the lighting than the old f40 lamps, And if you can't find them at a home depot go to a contracter's supply house.
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