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  • Workshop lighting
  • Bianchi-Boy
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    I’m nearing completion of my workshop so I’m starting to think of lighting. It has little or no natural light. I had thought of just hanging 3 x fluorescent tubes but wondered if these are a bit outdated now and maybe there are better options out there.

    For what it is worth it is timber construction, 5m x 3m and 2.75m high ceiling. I’m in SW France so warm most of the time but does get cold in winter.

    Thank you.

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    LED battens (strip lights). And don’t hang them all down the middle, if you have work benches, stick them on the wall/ceiling over the bench to avoid working in shadow.

    porter_jamie
    Full Member

    led battens from screwfix. much much better than fluro

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    Bianchi-Boy
    Free Member

    LED battens it is then, thank you.

    Do I need anything else, other than the battens themselves? A transformer maybe?

    rajboab
    Free Member

    I’m in the same boat in my garage.
    Got a flouro tube over the bike area.

    Currently got a 60W bulb over the bench area!

    Was debating standard tube, LED tube or LED lighting Panel.

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    Nothing else apart from the usual cable/switches/junction boxes/trunking. They take a 230v supply.

    Doh1Nut
    Full Member

    If you have a main work bench then get a shelf above it and mount a strip of LEDs under the shelf, gives good task lighting to what you are working on and you dont block the light if you bend forward.

    I need to improve on my main garage lighting which is three 21w florescent spirals, it needs to be cheap as it is non-permenant. I am thinking of getting some adaptors to fit two GU10 lamps in the ES24 holders. – will not be pretty but the rustic / shonky look fits in with the rest of the garage.

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Another vote for led battens. I’ve got 4 cheap eBay specials and the light is brilliant. Plan was to put these in the middle then local task lighting but I haven’t got round to fitting the task lighting yet and haven’t missed it. I put a better quality batten from tlc in my other shed. It was more expensive but noticeably better build quality. Light output is similar though.

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