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Originally Posted by Dangerous Doug
All of the lighting in my garage is now LED. Years ago I remodeled my garage and installed six 6" recessed lights in the field of my garage, with four 4" recessed lights over my workbench. About a year ago I switched out the incandescent bulbs for cool white LED flood bulbs and significantly reduced the power consumption while vastly improving the lighting.
Doug, you should come by in the evening sometime to check it out. At full brightness I have great, white working light throughout the garage.
Recessed lights are great. The LED bulbs available now provide a bright, white light which is perfect for a shop or garage. The ones I bought were available at the local ACE Hardware, and were about $30 each bulb.
Incidentally, light fixtures with an integrated LED light are junk. I installed one in a bathroom and then removed it after about a week. Worse than a fluorescent for blinking and flickering. I replaced it with a recessed light fixture and an LED bulb similar to what I have done in the garage. Don't buy an "LED Fixture"---pure junk.
DD
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Doug almost hit the nail on the head but here is some additional insight.
1. The only LED bulbs worth considering would be recessed screw base lamps. The lamps you want to stay away from are all the T5 and T8 replacements. Just realized that these lamps change faster than computers so buy some spares or be prepared to have mixed and matched lamps over the years. Although the LED's are designed for longer burn times they are still man made and the heat is going to get them. Anyone who tells you LED's do not create heat knows absolutely nothing about what the are talking about.....LED''s create an enormous amount of heat. The heat that is created is not in the form of infared like an incandescent but from the actual LED itself......this is why most LED's have noticeable heat sinks. If your garage is climate controlled your lamps will last much longer.
2. Integrated LED fixtures are not junk they are mostly specification grade and are engineered for specific photometrics and performance. The integrated LED fixtures you want to stay away from are the Lowes and Home Depot kind. Prepare to spend $150-$500 per fixture for the quality designs. These options are all modular for replacement over time. Their is a product by Halo called the ML56 which is a really sweet deal for an LED downlight with all kinds of color temperature and lumen level options.