The Ford Barn

WTSHNN · 08-07-2019, 10:55 AM

I bought these from Costco over the weekend and installed them the past couple days.
https://www.costco.com/Feit-4'-Linka...100462723.html

They were singles and I paid $19 a piece for them. Am very happy with them so far. I liked that they were linkable which was important for my setup.

I know they were good because as I was looking at them a guy walking past commented that he loved them. Then in the checkout lane another guy told me he's a carpenter and uses them on jobsites and they get beat up a lot and still work.

I had previously been using some motion-sensing/timer LED shoplights in my garage but wanted to expand my the number to get inot to some dark corners so I went with the new ones. The old ones worked great and I have plans to relocate them into my in-law's garage soon.

-Tim

Merc Cruzer · 08-07-2019, 12:00 PM

Seems like the normal progression of lighting: carburetor to fuel injection, florescent to LED.

Manufactures are just changing over from making blasts to LED bulbs. Too bad one of our young entrepreneurs can't figure out how make a profit and do it here. Seems like it would be a good use of all the recycled plastic we have.

Keith True · 08-07-2019, 01:24 PM

Normal progression of lighting it just what it is.I used to get lots of commercial light fixtures,I would take them down just ahead of the excavator doing the demo.People would always buy a quality fixture for their garages for 1/20th of what they went for new.Then I had to give them away,now I don't bother to take them out.I gave the last 25 or so to the scrap guy.I tried to give away a couple hundred new 4 foot florescent tubes,people would call me wanting 2 or 4 of them.They went into the florescent recycle bin at the dump.When I was a kid the janitor at the school would give all of us the old florescent tubes.We would run to the bridge down from the school and throw them in like a spear.They made a huge bang when they hit the water just right.

old31 · 08-08-2019, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith True

Normal progression of lighting it just what it is.I used to get lots of commercial light fixtures,I would take them down just ahead of the excavator doing the demo.People would always buy a quality fixture for their garages for 1/20th of what they went for new.Then I had to give them away,now I don't bother to take them out.I gave the last 25 or so to the scrap guy.I tried to give away a couple hundred new 4 foot florescent tubes,people would call me wanting 2 or 4 of them.They went into the florescent recycle bin at the dump.When I was a kid the janitor at the school would give all of us the old florescent tubes.We would run to the bridge down from the school and throw them in like a spear.They made a huge bang when they hit the water just right.

Ahhhhh haaaa. So your the little culprits that polluted the NH waterways We got you now!.

Merc Cruzer · 08-07-2019, 02:09 PM

How about making you own LED shop lights?

https://search.aol.com/aol/video;_yl...ac&action=view

08-07-2019, 10:55 AM	#1
WTSHNN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,488	Re: Shop lighting I bought these from Costco over the weekend and installed them the past couple days. https://www.costco.com/Feit-4'-Linka...100462723.html They were singles and I paid $19 a piece for them. Am very happy with them so far. I liked that they were linkable which was important for my setup. I know they were good because as I was looking at them a guy walking past commented that he loved them. Then in the checkout lane another guy told me he's a carpenter and uses them on jobsites and they get beat up a lot and still work. I had previously been using some motion-sensing/timer LED shoplights in my garage but wanted to expand my the number to get inot to some dark corners so I went with the new ones. The old ones worked great and I have plans to relocate them into my in-law's garage soon. -Tim __________________ No one wants advice - only corroboration. -John Steinbeck

08-07-2019, 12:00 PM	#2
Merc Cruzer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Conifer, Colorado Posts: 2,517	Re: Shop lighting Seems like the normal progression of lighting: carburetor to fuel injection, florescent to LED. Manufactures are just changing over from making blasts to LED bulbs. Too bad one of our young entrepreneurs can't figure out how make a profit and do it here. Seems like it would be a good use of all the recycled plastic we have. Last edited by Merc Cruzer; 08-07-2019 at 12:43 PM.

08-07-2019, 01:24 PM	#3
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,421	Re: Shop lighting Normal progression of lighting it just what it is.I used to get lots of commercial light fixtures,I would take them down just ahead of the excavator doing the demo.People would always buy a quality fixture for their garages for 1/20th of what they went for new.Then I had to give them away,now I don't bother to take them out.I gave the last 25 or so to the scrap guy.I tried to give away a couple hundred new 4 foot florescent tubes,people would call me wanting 2 or 4 of them.They went into the florescent recycle bin at the dump.When I was a kid the janitor at the school would give all of us the old florescent tubes.We would run to the bridge down from the school and throw them in like a spear.They made a huge bang when they hit the water just right.

08-07-2019, 02:09 PM	#5
Merc Cruzer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Conifer, Colorado Posts: 2,517	Re: Shop lighting How about making you own LED shop lights? https://search.aol.com/aol/video;_yl...ac&action=view