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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 I had thought of just hanging 3 x fluorescent tubes but wondered if these are a bit outdated now and maybe there are better options out there.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.
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.
led battens from screwfix. much much better than fluro
LED battens it is then, thank you.
Do I need anything else, other than the battens themselves? A transformer maybe?
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.
Nothing else apart from the usual cable/switches/junction boxes/trunking. They take a 230v supply.
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.
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.