Posted by gregk on December 20, 2010 at 18:08:25 from (75.104.160.36):
In Reply to: Shop lighting posted by ed3 on December 20, 2010 at 09:18:25:
The highbay t-5 fixtures are excellent and are rated to cold start down to -20. the drawback is they are expensive $125 apiece or more. The t-8 fistures are rated to 0 degrees and they work ok (better than the t-12 in my mind). However the colder it gets the longer they take to come up. For fast starts a 300 watt light bulb is hard to beat. I am in the middle of wiring mine and I plan on using a combination of t-8, 300 watt bulbs, and maybe some 400 watt high pressure sodium high bay fixtures(they were given to me). The previously mentioned issue with the electrical inspector is just one more example of somebody abusing their job. The National electric code says nothing about WHICH light fixture you can use inside a garage, ;you just have to have one if power is available. The fact that it takes a while to come up to full brightness is no different than someone putting a compact fluorescent in a regular light fixture. just my 2cents
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