New shop.........."build"

[dontlifttoshift]

Hunter Trak fan. It's outdoor rated and that helps keep the dust out. I had to order it from Home Depot https://www.hunterfan.com/products/c...41685712797828

Those Lithonia lights look great, like really great, and their layout tool is fantastic. If those were available in 2017 I may have a different opinion, or if I had known about them last year before I went back to tubes. I still think the tubes put out more even light.......especially with lower ceiling heights, at the cost of requiring more fixtures. I replaced 25 12,000 lumen High bays with 128 4' LED tubes in a 36x58 space and it is better in every single way. It was about a 20% increase in lumens output but now every corner is lit as well as the middle. The corners and walls are where your benches and equipment are.



If you decide on the High bays, I would for sure stay with ALO13 and probably run them at 12k lumens. To get 100 fc you will need about 25 fixtures in a 5x5 pattern.

[traut811]

Hunter Trak fan. It's outdoor rated and that helps keep the dust out. I had to order it from Home Depot https://www.hunterfan.com/products/c...41685712797828

Those Lithonia lights look great, like really great, and their layout tool is fantastic. If those were available in 2017 I may have a different opinion, or if I had known about them last year before I went back to tubes. I still think the tubes put out more even light.......especially with lower ceiling heights, at the cost of requiring more fixtures. I replaced 25 12,000 lumen High bays with 128 4' LED tubes in a 36x58 space and it is better in every single way. It was about a 20% increase in lumens output but now every corner is lit as well as the middle. The corners and walls are where your benches and equipment are.

If you decide on the High bays, I would for sure stay with ALO13 and probably run them at 12k lumens. To get 100 fc you will need about 25 fixtures in a 5x5 pattern.

Thanks for the link on the fan.

Did you pull your garage door wall lights back some so they weren't covered when the doors were open, or just do even spacing? You mentioned 100fc- is this what you shot for? I did research what you "need" and numbers were all over the place, with 20fc min and most recommending 40-50.
Maybe I missed it, did you do 128 single bulb fixtures or were they 2- or 4- bulb units? Just realized I need to dodge garage door tracks when figuring layout also.