New Garage lighting.....recessed, suspended, panels...... ? ? ?

[Bigbore500r]

Finally getting around to settling in to the new house, and I need to get some lighting going in the garage.

Garage is 20' x 22', fully drywalled with an 8' ceiling. Since I have 6" joists, was contemplating just doing can lights and "doubling down" on the amount for more lumens. I was thinking 16-20 of them, and possibly augmenting with a nice LED panel or worklight over the workbench area and possilbly over the areas of the garage where a car's engine compartment would be.
You can get 12 packs of 6" LED trims for damn cheap, so running 20 or so wouldn't be to hard on the wallet, but a little labor intensive.
Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Meaney77]

Finally getting around to settling in to the new house, and I need to get some lighting going in the garage.

Garage is 20' x 22', fully drywalled with an 8' ceiling. Since I have 6" joists, was contemplating just doing can lights and "doubling down" on the amount for more lumens. I was thinking 16-20 of them, and possibly augmenting with a nice LED panel or worklight over the workbench area and possilbly over the areas of the garage where a car's engine compartment would be.
You can get 12 packs of 6" LED trims for damn cheap, so running 20 or so wouldn't be to hard on the wallet, but a little labor intensive.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Speaking from my experience, I have a few can lights in my garage and they dont put out the best light when working on shit. I wish I had larger, longer LED shop Lights. I may still put some in eventually.

I picked up some of these at a supply house in Westlake, they are kinda cool you can adjust for the light you want.

 

[grumpy88]

I had 4 , 4 foot , 4 bulb florescent fixtures that were recessed in my last garage that was about the same size . With tha garage closed it was like day light in there . With it open it blocked half of the 2 fixtures causing shadowing .

 

[Bigbore500r]

Speaking from my experience, I have a few can lights in my garage and they dont put out the best light when working on shit. I wish I had larger, longer LED shop Lights. I may still put some in eventually.

I picked up some of these at a supply house in Westlake, they are kinda cool you can adjust for the light you want.

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How many cans do you have, and what space do they cover?

 

[BamBam]

My garage is 20'x25' fully drywalled with an 8' ceiling. I installed 8 recessed fluorescent fixtures. They are "troffer" style 2 t8 bulbs 12"x48"

 

[sintax]

I had 4 , 4 foot , 4 bulb florescent fixtures that were recessed in my last garage that was about the same size . With tha garage closed it was like day light in there . With it open it blocked half of the 2 fixtures causing shadowing .

Ya, that’s a real issue, but unless you do a roll up door, there’s no super slick way around it.

I ended up doing (6) 8’ dual tube fluorescents across my 3 car. It works well, got the fixtures new on Craigslist for pennies. They are not LED, but with the right bulbs in them, they’re great.

 

[Meaney77]

Same size as you only 8 cans towards the front of garage. When I work on my shit I have to back in. I definitely need more lighting.
Hard to tell from pix. Front of garage is storage space.

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[HOOTER SLED-]

I would think cans would suck in a garage...

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

They are better in the bedroom

You talking bout the same cans as me?

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

Check these out @Bigbore500r

 

[Joe mama]

Just make sure your not breaking the fire barrier between garage and living space. They make fire rated recessed cans for this or you should build a rated enclosure to slowdown the spread of fire between garage and house

 

[JDub24]

Be careful installing cans in a fire rated assembly. If something even happened and the insurance company got involved they might bend you over.
With that being said they make nice surface mount, low pro LED garage lights that will be plenty bright. I believe they even have dimmable ones now so you can adjust the output of you were using the garage as an entertainment space. Throw some on the upper portion of the sidewalls on a separate switch that will throw light on your work space when the doors are up. Works well.

 

[Big B Hova]

Grow lights.

 

[JDub24]

Those are the ones I was talking about. Pretty bad ass.

Check these out @Bigbore500r

 

[hallett21]

Recessed LED tape light [emoji41]with the mud in channel.

If you go cans you’ll need a lot.

1x4 LED lights will be plenty bright.

For reference you need roughly 6 - 6” LED can lights to equal the lumens of a 1x4 LED


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[kurtis500]

You can never get enough light. This is when I first built it. Ive added all 4 bulbs to each banks and hanging 4 ft. light over work tables now there in the middle. Cans are not enough IMO and they get hot and shut off automatically. You'll see that alot in a garage probably

 

[Bigbore500r]

Go inexpensive since your selling

Selling? I just bought lol

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

LED strip lights. The cans, no matter how many, don’t have enough light to work on cars in the garage.

 

[SoCalDave]

This is not your den or bedroom...LOL

No cans in the garage.
I put 4, 4bulb, 4'ers @ 82 watt LED's in my garage about that size with my old fasion (led) pull chain light over the bench and highly satisfied with the results. Got em a HD.

 

[Icky]

I have 9 led can lights in my 20x21 garage, I wish I would've done 12 minimum. These ones are older so I might try switching them out to something with more lumens and a different color temperature.
With the garage door open it blocks off 3 of the lights, plus I have ceiling mounted racks so that doesn't help. They make an led strip kit for your garage door if you really need the light

 

[SoCalDave]

Keep in mind the more shit you stuff in there the more the lighting will be diminished.

 

[DLC]

These are bad ass can light it’s a 4 inch comes in 3500 and a 2700 dimmable. Drill a. Inch hole and pop in - screw in wire connectors are on the back. I used them in my kitchen and are sweet looking

 

[riverroyal]

Be careful installing cans in a fire rated assembly. If something even happened and the insurance company got involved they might bend you over.
With that being said they make nice surface mount, low pro LED garage lights that will be plenty bright. I believe they even have dimmable ones now so you can adjust the output of you were using the garage as an entertainment space. Throw some on the upper portion of the sidewalls on a separate switch that will throw light on your work space when the doors are up. Works well.

This ^^^^
I learned the hard way when selling

 

[DLC]

My havasu garage had 6- 4 ft T12 fixtures (old school ) and I swapped those out for 6 of these I don’t want to patch holes and deal with existing wire and I plan to add some of those 4 inch can lights

they come in different sizes 2x2, 1x2 change colors etc

 

[Jed-O]

LED track lights. Easy to to expand and you can point the light anywhere. Been using them in the shop for twenty years. If I did it again, I would add can lights to use as well.

 

[DLC]

In my boat Rv garage I ran 4 of these on each wall - the boat bimini top cover the ceiling lights ( old 4 ft T12 )
these are linkable with grommets - 3600 lumens each fixture.

 

[River918]

These are amazing, especially for the cost.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184841852180?epid=15009448845&hash=item2b096ed514:g:YJ8AAOSwKx9eslfv

 

[Bigbore500r]

These are amazing, especially for the cost.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184841852180?epid=15009448845&hash=item2b096ed514:g:YJ8AAOSwKx9eslfv

Am I reading this right, 8 of them for $59?

 

[River918]

Am I reading this right, 8 of them for $59?

Yep...

 

[EmpirE231]

I used these in the end section of my shop, where we did a home gym! Tall ceilings (10-14' vaulted) and these are pretty damn bright. No cans, simple installation, low profile design. I did put a bunch in, but at the price... who cares. Looks much nicer than hanging shop lights.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0756Y9M76/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Ziggy]

My havasu garage had 6- 4 ft T12 fixtures (old school ) and I swapped those out for 6 of these I don’t want to patch holes and deal with existing wire and I plan to add some of those 4 inch can lights

they come in different sizes 2x2, 1x2 change colors etc

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I put in about 10 1x4 flat panels in my Havasu garage. Mine are only 1/2 thick.
Day-n-night difference from the 1x4 florescent fixtures. Great investment.

 

[Mandelon]

The newer remodel "cans" don't even use cans any more. The fit onto the drywall with a pair of clips. The electric part is in a small box. Really easy to use. They are tunable too, so yellow light or really white light.

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[81Sprint]

I've got 24 of the 6" round LEDs in my 20x35 garage. Lights it up pretty well and looks good

 

[Joe mama]

Not a fan of the panels and led flat puc’s They are side lit and don’t put the lumens downward imo. They do have there place.

 

[calkid]

I've got 24 of the 6" round LEDs in my 20x35 garage. Lights it up pretty well and looks good

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Dave Smith

 

[Gramps]

my garage/shop is 24x36 downstairs with a 8 ft celling. I have 12 of there spread out above the different work areas ..they work damn well

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