Mar 26, 2007 by pennsyjake | Posted in Other - Home & Garden
The garage is 34 feet wide by 28 feet long.
I put several banks of flourescent tubes in my garage and it makes plenty of light (enough light I have been able to spray paint cars) for less cost than incandescent bulbs. The only problem is in the winter it takes them a while to warm up so you don't get full light for maybe 15-20 minutes but I don't work in the unheated garage much in the winter. If it was heated and I used it as a workshop the lights would be fine year around.
college kid | Mar 26, 2007
how to install a pair of outdoor lighting in driveway on the right/left side walls of garage door?/?
Nov 07, 2007 by expee01 | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
I know you can just tap the power from outlet inside garage but how to run it cleanly, i perfer not to run any electrical conduit outside of walls. All inside the walls, but above the gargage door you cant see the romex wires why not???Lastly i want the lighting to both go on at the same time using both motion and turning it on when i need it. thanks
drill holes and move the wires through
Jon P | Nov 07, 2007
What kind of lighting could I use to take pics inside my garage?
Aug 01, 2008 by powerdiva411 | Posted in Photography
I sell vintage clothing on line and use a model. All my pictures are taken inside the garage with the garage door open during the day time. I use a canon powershot A630 camera. I purchased a pair of Smith Victor lights for about $120 but those are not strong enough and overheat really fast. The flash is not enough to really do much and adjusting each individual picture would take too much time since I do a few hundred a day. If anybody knows what else I can use that would be incredible apprecciated. All I could spend is probably less than $500. Thanks so much!!
Here is the link to an example
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/6/6/3/8/4/2/webimg/158003893_o.jpg
If you're shooting only to sell clothing, not really into photography as a hobby, I'd strongly suggest a photo editor such as Picasa or Gimp before buying more photo equip.
A good photo edit can work miracles.
Just to see what you can do, download http://picasa.google.com/
And try to add some light, contrast, etc to your shot.
You'll probably find that you don't need to spend any money.
Now, if you have an extra 500 bucks lying around, forget the peripherals for now and buy yourself a nice camera. Nikon's D40 fits your budget and it's really many steps above the Canon you're using, it'll make a difference in terms of getting the picture you want.
mislanaday | Aug 01, 2008
How do I add an exterior light that is always on to an existing garage light that is switched?
May 21, 2008 by gorillawizard | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
I want to put a motion sensor light outside of my garage that can be left on all hours of the night but the only power source I have is a light in the garage that is on a switch. Is there a way to wire the two so I can leave the outside on without having to leave the inside on?
why hire an electrician they always over charge. where the switch is, attach your new light wires directly to the switch on the side that the wires come from the breaker (test with a voltage meter if not sure, with switch off should have 110vac on 1 black wire and 0 on the other black wire) disconect power. hook up black to black hot(tested earlier) white to white, and green to ground, now your security light will always have power and interior light will be controlled by switch.
Matt J | May 21, 2008
How to use flexible conduit to wire a new outdoor, garage light.?
Aug 12, 2006 by WeileMom | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
We are installing a new outdoor light to the other side of our garage. We are using pre-wired flexible conduit to connect the power from the existing outdoor light. The flexible conduit has three wires- black, white, and one without covering (plain copper). We are guessing that the bare wire is a ground, but what do we connect it to?
Yes, the bare wire is the ground wire.
If the box is metal, connect it to the box.
If the box is plastic, connect it directly to the light fixture. Most light fixtures now days have a green screw somewhere on them for this purpose.
It is imperitive you keep the white with the white, and black on black.
Remember to shut off the circuit breaker that controls that area first.
BillyandGaby above is incorrect about black and white.
White is the common wire, and is not hot and cannot hurt you if you touch it (if everything is wired correctly). Black is the hot wire, and you can get shocked if you connect with the black wire and any ground wire, common wire or...water or the ground....
If in doubt, buy a how-to electrical book for home-wiring at the local hardware store.
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Westinghouse 64782 Garage Lighting One-Light Super Sport Adjustable Pendant Fixture, Racing Red
List Price: $67.99
Price: $45.06 You Save:$22.93 (34%)
Product Details
Long-wearing design to reduce bulb breakage
Good reflective coating for enhanced light manufacture
One-dismount attack adjustable pendant
Product Description
The Westinghouse Wonderful Sport garage lighting fixture features adjustable crest and a special reflective coating for enhanced scatterbrained output.
Customer Reviews
Westinghouse 64782 Garage Light
I purchased 7 of these lights. Shipping was quick and the packaging was great. The lights require some assembly and snaking the power wire through the hanging tube was problematic. The two power wires were encased in a flexible woven sleeve and was a very tight fit for the metal extension tubes. Eventually I got the wires through.
PROBLEM: ONE kit was missing a medium extension tube that was needed and there was no information as to whom to contact for replacement parts.
The light output of the 100W Xenon light was very good.
Overall the value of my purchase was very good.
2008-09-28
| Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4
KITCHEN LIPSTICK
I bought 2 of these lights for my kitchen. I had previously been defrauded
out of almost $6000, so most of my remodel budget is gone, I decided to add a little lipstick and rouge
(lights & Gingham Curtains) and it turned out just fine..
I love the lights, and will gladly recommend to all who want to add a lipstick on a tight budget.
Westinghouse 64786 Garage Lighting Two-Light Twin Turbo Adjustable Pendant Fixture with Pull Chain, Torque Gray
List Price: $100.25
Price: $59.24 You Save:$41.01 (41%)
Product Details
Two-elucidate adjustable pendant
Interminably: 17-5/8"; Width: 10"; Maximum Summit: 19-1/4"; Minimum Height: 11-3/8"
Xenon ultra land bulb included
Product Description
The Westinghouse Counterpart Turbo garage lighting fixture features adjustable high point and a special reflective coating for enhanced turn on output.
Customer Reviews
Bright lights
After reading the reviews I went ahead and purchased 4 of these lights for my garage. I am finishing my garage so I have more room to host family holidays. These lights were NOT to small as indicated by other reviews. I may have too put some smaller wattage bulbs in because it may be too bright. I like the fact that with the pull chain you can turn off the lights you do not need on a regular basis. The lights are a perfect size for my garage and looks great. I have recieve many compliments and wondered were I found them. I am very plesed with these lights and would recomend them
Works great!
We installed this product ourselves in our garage, and it provides a wonderful amount of light. It comes with two bulbs. Seems to be of high quality materials, and was very easy to install. We attached a cord with a plug on the end so we could just plug it in, and that works great. It's very sturdy, and I'm very pleased with the quality, and the way it looks.
2010-06-08
| Erik (Illinois USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Order extra bulbs
The lights are attractive and look nice in the garage. They do give off a lot of light, however, the bulbs burned out and needed replacement after about 6 months. For the value you are getting the lights are probably over priced, certainly look for them at a discount, not worth the full price.
A Little Better than expected
I originally saw this fixture on Costco for $89.00. I was going to buy it, and, decided to wait.
I am glad I did. The one and only search I did on Amazon brought up the exact same model for $59.00. I bought it.
I was a little concerned based on the other review, but, I was no longer concerned when I received it.
This unit is NOT garage combat grade. If you launch your pistons through your heads on your car or truck, in your garage, on a regular basis, this fixture probably is not adequate. However, for most consumer (or light business applications) I think this unit is a little better than acceptable.
The caging is about as heavy-duty as a thicker metal coat hanger. The fixture is lightweight sheet metal (which is actually a plus for hanging from most electrical boxes in ceilings in home garages). The reflectors are more than adequate to disperse the halogen light, and, the lights are super bright.
The design of the fixture allows for an even distribution of the halogen light in two directions, and, being bright - halogen - light, it tends to illuminate when dispersed better than most fixtures.
Also, being halogen, the bulbs produce much more illumination (especially with the reflective design of this fixture) than the same amount of power consumption produces in ordinary incandescent light bulbs.
In all, although this is not the most sturdy fixture, it is attractive, gives a home garage an "I mean business" look, and, produces exceptional light for minimal power consumption.
It beats the bare lighbulb I had before! :)
2009-10-30
(San Juan Mountains) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 4
Overpriced, but Adequate for Task at Hand
I first read about Westinghouse's new "performance lighting" products in Family Handyman. The styling evoked cool garage lights of yore, and they appeared to be robust-looking units, well-suited to the harsh garage enviroment (they are UL rated for damp areas). After some consideration, I chose the Twin Turbo model. I was somewhat concerned a pair of these would be 'too large' for my humble two-car garage, but I needn't worry. Unlike the photo, they are almost comically tiny, barely the size of a shoe box. I had to chuckle as I pulled the toylike lamp from the box. I had been duped. They look like someone took a real garage light and scaled it down to half size. The metal bulb cage is about the same guage as your standard drop light, and the unit itself is of lightweight tin. If you're replacing 4 ft flourescents as I did, you may find the base mounting screws are not long enough if the junction box is recessed behind the drywall, as mine were. But once installed, I can say the light output from the two halogen bulbs did produce a nice, white light, without the flicker of flourescents. I'm only disappointed that I spent $60 for a light that had I seen in person, would not have valued at half that amount.
2008-10-05
| Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 3
Westinghouse 36305 150-Watt Garage Lighting Xenon Replacement Lamp Bulb, White
List Price: $13.45
Price: $10.76 You Save:$2.69 (20%)
Product Details
Auspicious white glow
Benchmark
Deathly white color
Product Description
Let go SHIPPING! on the Halogen ED17 WHITE 120V 150W Xenon, exemplar number 36305-WHL, by Westinghouse Lighting. Use coupon encypher "clearance" for an extra 5% discount Residential Code: 150ED17/X/SWAvg. Rated Hours: 3000Unseemly: E-26 (STD)Volts: 120Watts: 150Color Portrayal Index: Filament: CC8Kelvin Temp: 2900Lumens: 2700Max. Entire Length (MOL) :5.31
Hunter Fan Jetstream Garage Fan - 14"
List Price: $99.99
Product Details
Beacon Kit Sold Separately
Three-swiftness Hunter® motor Motor - 5-Year Motor Undertaking / , Watts Used = 145
Includes: Three-Boost Integrated Switch
Product Description
The Huntsman Fan 90220 is a Six-Blade Jetstream High Velocity Garage Fan Ceiling Fan with the Three-Charge Integrated Switch in the Satin Metal motor annihilate. This Ceiling Fan is from the Jetstream Collection and is UL Indoor rated..
Customer Reviews
A must for the garage!
Bought this for my husband for christmas and he is the envy of the neighborhood manly men with their garages!! Looks great and is a well made product. Only complaint was the product was delivered to the door in it's original box. Since it was a gift, a brown box was what I was expecting. Not to mention that it was left at the front door in plain view for a thief to take!
American Fluorescent 300W Visit Refl Light 14In YL107-4
Product Description
One lite, 300 watt superlative. 14" reflector pendant mount with 8' rope.
Customer Reviews
Decent Fixture or the price
Decent fixture for the price when compared to the other RLM fixtures available. The plastic strain relief does not hold securely and will require a bit of tinkering or you'll find your light slipping down and dangling from the wirenuts.
2010-08-19
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3
Great value
These old-fashioned look-a-likes are a great value. Installing them in a garage or other similar utility type space really puts light where you need it. Beware that the cord cannot be shortened to less than 6 inches for safety reasons, and the ceiling height should be at least 10 feet so that it doesn't hang too low. It cannot be flush mounted.
Using 200-watt clear bulbs with these fixtures floods our garage with crisp, bright uniform light.
If you google "barn light" you will find other companies classic reproductions for pricey or nicer applications, but this low cost unit is great for a large utility space.
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