Like others have said the flourescent lights are the way to go, it's just a matter of getting the right bulbs. My shop is 30x40 and has a 10 foot ceiling. I've got 4, 8 foot, double bulb fixtures running down the middle of each side (8 total) about 8 feet apart. For bulbs I just use whatever I can buy the cheapest and that seems to work pretty good for me. I also have several 4 foot light strung together and hanging at around 8 feet off the floor and maybe 20 inches off the wall over my work bench. Too I've got two 500 watt quartz lights hanging from the ceiling and aiming at the area just inside the roll up door where I pull equipment in to work on.
Too, as others have said, there are bulbs out there that will seem brighter, cause more contrast because of the color, etc, etc. I once had really a really good contact at an electricsal supply house and was able to get a few of them from a broken case as samples. I can say for a fact that they made a noticable difference in the percieved brightness as compared to a regular bulb. The only problem was that a regular bulb was say $5 each at the time and the 'special' bulbs were running something like $25 each. That being the case it was cheaper to just get a few more fixtures and make up the difference in the 'amount' of light that way.
One thing that I didn't see anybody mention is that that you need to keep the bulbs on the flourescent lights clean. I used to work in a shop that had a fab shop that had high ceiling and numerous flourescent fixtures for lighting. We never really had a problem with having enough light but once a year we'd get a manlift and clean all the bulbs and replace those that were burned out. You'd be amazed how much difference just cleaning the bulbs made in the amount of light in the place. You didn't really notice as they got dirty because it happened gradually, over time, but from dirty to clean in a few minutes made a VERY discernable difference. I know in my shop and in Dad's shop we've always cleaned the bulbs every year or so and, again, it does make a huge difference.
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