ᐅ Lighting in the garage, including the workshop area

Created on: 6 Feb 2019 16:49
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Hello everyone,

I’ve attached a section of the garage including the workshop area.

2D floor plan with dimensions and room layout of an interior space


For lighting, the original plan was to use the seven large yellow rectangles shown. These were intended to be LED panels, possibly 40x40cm (16x16 inches), but I hadn’t finalized the size yet.
I have now marked the garage door and the attic hatch in orange. The number 20 (20cm / 8 inches) next to the garage door indicates that when the door is open, it only extends to the first orange line, and 20cm (8 inches) further is the profile frame of the guide rails. The motor is located directly beneath the central panel. That means this middle light doesn’t really make sense anymore. I’m wondering whether to simply remove it and keep the rest as planned, or if I should rethink the entire layout.
For example, I’ve noticed that in the workshop area where the workbench is supposed to go (top left on the plan in front of the window), I might need more light.

The room could also be used for a birthday party in winter, so the lighting shouldn’t be just a bit of dim, insufficient light.

How have you solved this?
Golfi9010 Feb 2019 11:39
The company I work for is involved in worldwide automotive prototype construction. With the models, every 0.01mm (0.0004 inch) counts! Numerous highlight edges that define a car’s character are carefully examined over several hours.
What did the very expensive lighting technician do when a new building costing several million euros was constructed?
Exactly, he installed continuous LED light strips throughout!

If halogen lighting had been better for working and similar purposes, I assume he would have used those instead!

I think your assumptions still come from the early days of LED lighting.
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Kekse
10 Feb 2019 11:50
Then ask a painter (like someone who paints pictures, not a decorator) whether they use LEDs in their studio. As far as I know, there still aren’t any LEDs with a color rendering index of 100 (which halogen bulbs always have), and I can’t help but notice that our paintings in the living room look significantly different under LED lighting compared to daylight. Evaluating edges is another matter entirely (motorcycle repairs probably fall into a similar category).

I like LEDs for many reasons, but anyone claiming they are completely comparable to incandescent spotlights in terms of optical quality must be missing something. I predict they never will be, at least not for everyone (I suspect individual differences in how the cones in our eyes respond).
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ypg
10 Feb 2019 12:14
Golfi90 schrieb:
I think your assumptions date back to the early days of LED lighting.

No, I looked into it a bit last month because I was discussing a lighting issue in my own home. Yes, searching online helps.
But I have LEDs as well as halogen fixtures in the house and simply compared them.

I think there is some youthful stubbornness in you, like the idea that “everything new is better” 😉
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Obstlerbaum
10 Feb 2019 14:13
ypg schrieb:
No, I looked into this a bit last month because I was discussing a lighting issue here myself. Yes, googling helps.
But: I have both LED and halogen lighting in my house and just compared them.

I think you’re showing a bit of youthful stubbornness with the idea that “everything new is better” 😉

We can’t be blamed for you having bought junk. And anyone who can identify a CRI 97 light in a blind test is truly a natural wonder...
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Kekse
10 Feb 2019 14:25
Yes, blah. “Linux in its CURRENT version is just as easy to use as Windows,” “CRT monitors do not flicker, you’re imagining that,” “there’s no whistling here,” “LED lighting looks just like that from halogen spotlights (and anyone who says otherwise is lying or imagining things),” etc.
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ypg
10 Feb 2019 14:33
Obstlerbaum schrieb:
We are not responsible for you buying low-quality products. And anyone who can identify a CRI 97 light in a blind test is a natural wonder...

Do and think as you wish. Just because someone gives cheeky answers doesn’t automatically mean they are right.