Who recommended the Barrina lights?

Can these fixtures be hung/suspended from a chain?

There's no provision for that. I'm sure it could be done, but it would involve a drill bit.

Looks like the perfect thing for browsing your collection of Playboy back issues.  Oh sure, we believe you, they are all GRM issues. Wink Wink.  

I have them in my basement/workshop. Three packs so far. The one corner that is just used for storage with a single LED lamp looks really dark in comparison.

Thanks for posting this! Currently redoing/setting up the garage in our new home.  Lighting was at the top of the list.

I bought a set when i saw them on here maybe a year ago, little less? I haven't installed them yet(on vacation this week so maybe it can happen) but i did play and plug them all in. Very nice and bright as crap. 

bmw88rider said:

Thanks for pointing these out guys. Much appreciated. My new rental home is a cave when it comes to garage lighting. 1 single bulb in the middle of the garage. I didn't want to pay a lot since it's a rental and I'll be here a year max so this works out perfectly. Got a six pack on the way and i can easily remove them when we move on. 

I just bought a 6-pack of these for the same reason. Really feels like a whole new garage now. So much light, and it covers a ton of area. If I had more rafters to hang them from, I'd probably get more creative as far as adding more, but I'm really happy with what I've got so far even.

my basement with two strips of 12

2 sets of 8 Barrina LED lights. Over Christmas vacation I'm going to take all the crap off the wood ceiling in my shop, paint it white and put these up. It's gonna be like the surface of the sun.

New building with 12 8'ers:

nice and bright!

Rainy and cold today so I put up lights.

Before: 

This is during the day with all the doors closed all the working lights on. Both of them. The light on the fender of the stang is from the window.

After:

16 Barrina 4' tubes, generally in 3 lines with a couple extra over the work benches and one over the engine bay area in the parking spot where I usually wrench. I decided not to bother painting the ceiling right now because I HAD to have some light. I also added the ceiling mount retractable air hose in the last shot and the same kind at the compressor by the back door. I caught them on sale at Home Depot for $50 each. Same kind HF puts on sale for $89.

That's a huge difference!

In reply to oldopelguy :

Massive. Out of probably 12 twin tube fluorescent fixture I had 2 left that worked. I was basically working in a cave. I had to open the roll up doors and wear a headlamp to do anything. I was WAY over due.  My wife walked in and said "damn, it's like a WalMart in here!

I put some in this weekend based on the recommendations in this thread. I am working on adding outlets and lighting to my garage and bought a 6 pack of the 8' lights. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JVXLQ8R/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Before with just the lights I had, a couple random LED fixtures and one fluorescent bulb. 

After, with just the 6 8' LEDs and the lights under the loft. 

I was worried about shadows since I was installing them above the joists but it doesn't seem to be an issue. It is much brighter now and all bays are useable. I still need to install the switched outlets so I can turn them all on with one switch but it is much improved. Now I can really see how much I need to paint the walls to cover up all the random paint marks from previous owners. 

ultraclyde said:

In reply to oldopelguy :

 My wife walked in and said "damn, it's like a WalMart in here!

well that's not nice.  were you in your pajamas? 

Refreshing this thread.  I bought the 8 pack of the 4' 20W 6500K Barrina LED lights and put them over the main bench and welding area in my shop. So much better than the florescent lights that I had there. 

The question is, what to do in the main area of the shop? The 20W bulbs are ok on a lower height ceiling but I'm not sure if they'll be enough on the 10' ceilings. Conversely, is the 72W going to be overkill on power usage? The width of the shop makes 2, 8' lights with a 48" separator cable work size-wise.

Barrina offers a variety of lengths and outputs (these are just a few):

20W 6500K, 2200lm 4'

40W 5000K, 5000lm 4'

44W 6500K, 4500lm 8'

72W 5000K, 8500lm 8'

Can anyone enlighten me on the power draw difference between say 2, 8' 72W bulbs vs the 4, 4' fluorescent bulbs I'll be replacing?

I love the 72w 8' lights I have. Not sure about the power draw difference over the fluorescent. I prefer the 5000K temp over the 6500K. 

In reply to hobiercr :

Watts= VoltsxAmps

How many lamps are in each fluorescent fixture?  Your existing lamps will have the wattage shown on them.

You aren't going to draw anywhere near as much with LEDs as you would your old fixture.

To illuminate (heh) the power draw, 72W is the draw of a single average incandescent light bulb in a table lamp.  


 

We just replaced some 500W incandescent video lights with 80W LEDs and we're getting a LOT more light.

In reply to Cooter :

One end of the shop has 6, 2 bulb fluorescent fixtures. Each Fluorescent bulb is rated at 34W. so this end of the shop is (6x2)x34=408 total watts. If I replace each 4' fixture with one long 8' 72W LED bulb my draw will then be 432W. Correct? If I went with 12 of the 40W bulbs my draw would be 480W, right? Is this truly a power-saving or just the fact that now all the bulbs/fixtures will work and I won't have to deal with annoying ballasts, etc.?

You won't need nearly that many LED fixtures, especially at 72W.  

Well the timing of this thread is perfect. I’ll be ordering some of these. 

In just to make it easier to find again. I’ll be getting some of these in a few weeks

In reply to hobiercr :

Fluorescent lights don’t put out the same lumens per watt as the LED lights and they output in all directions. LEDs are significantly more directional. So you could probably replace two of your 4ft fixtures with one 8ft and you will still have more light.