[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 158, Issue 7
aaron cutright
cutright72 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 12:05:25 EDT 2017
Re: LED shop lighting.
I just built a new, small shop. I opted for 4 foot LED fixtures from my
local farm supply store, Rural King. Each fixture has 240 LEDs, using 40
watts per fixture. Four units light up my small shop very well. They are
mounted at around 10.5 feet high from my roof purlins.
The units are also rated for 50k hour service life. At $30 per unit, they
work well and are easily replaced.
Next purchase will be an LED dusk to dawn light for one gable end, to help
keep the area lit in case of "nightcrawlers" in my neighborhood.
Aaron
Flatbroke Forge
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1. Edit your messages, you upset the robot... (Dave Mudge)
2. LED's for shop and home (C&J Allcorn)
3. Re: LED's for shop and home (Walter)
4. Re: LED's for shop and home (newenglandforge at aol.com)
5. Re: LED's for shop and home (terry l. ridder)
6. Test (Walter)
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:47:54 -0500
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 05:51:21 -0500
From: C&J Allcorn <jallcorn at suddenlink.net>
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Cc: jallcorn at suddenlink.net
Subject: [TheForge] LED's for shop and home
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Like the rest of you I am slowly replacing Metal Halide, HPS, florescent
and incandescent bulbs with LED's.
It is 15' to the trusses in my shop (no ceiling) and I still have
numerous ancient 8' florescent strip lights in the shop. I had rebuilt
most of them about 10-15 years ago and are better than nothing. But as
LED's came onto the stage, I sat and waited for the prices to moderate
and someone local to start carrying them at a somewhat affordable
price. I put 2 4' "energy efficient" HOT5 high bay florescent 4 bulb
fixtures at strategic locations while LED's were still too high for me
to buy and they are performing well. I know the limitations of florescent.
Home Depot, a few years ago, started carrying high bay LED's, Lithonia
2' hi bay model IBH 11L MV. I bought maybe 6 or so at $200 ea and was
amazed at the amount of light! Now the price is $160 and as soon as I
have the time and energy I'll get back up there and put up some more.
One thing I'll do this time around is put motion sensors on the lights
in placed I don't work in all the time so that they (hopefully) won't
stay on all day long! My shop is 60x100 and all the switches are in a
bank at the front door so it isn't easy to turn lights on and off.
I've also got 5 huge metal halide lamps that I almost never use for
obvious reasons. A job for another day is to retrofit them with LED's.
If they weren't so "retro" looking and really pretty neat, I'd just
throw them away.
As a landlord, when I redo a property, I opt for LED fixtures, usually
without replaceable bulbs. (Tenants have a habit of sometimes taking
the bulbs with them when they leave!) I have had some occasion that the
LED fixture will fail and start flashing. No idea what is going on
there but I've had to replace 2 or 3 fixtures so far. The outdoor
security lights I replace I always use now are LED's from an electrical
dealer. Although cheaper to buy, the older style lights just have to be
replaced every so many years, hopefully the LED's will not. Due to the
monthly fees charged by the electric company for outdoor security
lighting, I have discontinued their security light service and installed
my own LED security lights. In about 12 - 15 months I have paid for the
fixtures.
At our ranch we have 4 large barns with 60 year old T-12 fixtures that
are for the most part worthless now. They will get LED's when I have
time, money and energy enough to replace them.
James
Paris TX
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:30:17 -0400
From: Walter <wmullett at bright.net>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] LED's for shop and home
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One of the great things about LED's is that motion sensors work great
with them and that improves their performance even more. And you can
find LED flat fixtures with motion sensors at the light.
I see 4'
On 3/24/2017 6:51 AM, C&J Allcorn wrote:
> Like the rest of you I am slowly replacing Metal Halide, HPS,
> florescent and incandescent bulbs with LED's.
>
> It is 15' to the trusses in my shop (no ceiling) and I still have
> numerous ancient 8' florescent strip lights in the shop. I had
> rebuilt most of them about 10-15 years ago and are better than
> nothing. But as LED's came onto the stage, I sat and waited for the
> prices to moderate and someone local to start carrying them at a
> somewhat affordable price. I put 2 4' "energy efficient" HOT5 high
> bay florescent 4 bulb fixtures at strategic locations while LED's were
> still too high for me to buy and they are performing well. I know the
> limitations of florescent.
>
> Home Depot, a few years ago, started carrying high bay LED's,
> Lithonia 2' hi bay model IBH 11L MV. I bought maybe 6 or so at $200
> ea and was amazed at the amount of light! Now the price is $160 and
> as soon as I have the time and energy I'll get back up there and put
> up some more.
>
> One thing I'll do this time around is put motion sensors on the lights
> in placed I don't work in all the time so that they (hopefully) won't
> stay on all day long! My shop is 60x100 and all the switches are in a
> bank at the front door so it isn't easy to turn lights on and off.
>
> I've also got 5 huge metal halide lamps that I almost never use for
> obvious reasons. A job for another day is to retrofit them with
> LED's. If they weren't so "retro" looking and really pretty neat, I'd
> just throw them away.
>
> As a landlord, when I redo a property, I opt for LED fixtures, usually
> without replaceable bulbs. (Tenants have a habit of sometimes taking
> the bulbs with them when they leave!) I have had some occasion that
> the LED fixture will fail and start flashing. No idea what is going on
> there but I've had to replace 2 or 3 fixtures so far. The outdoor
> security lights I replace I always use now are LED's from an
> electrical dealer. Although cheaper to buy, the older style lights
> just have to be replaced every so many years, hopefully the LED's will
> not. Due to the monthly fees charged by the electric company for
> outdoor security lighting, I have discontinued their security light
> service and installed my own LED security lights. In about 12 - 15
> months I have paid for the fixtures.
>
> At our ranch we have 4 large barns with 60 year old T-12 fixtures that
> are for the most part worthless now. They will get LED's when I have
> time, money and energy enough to replace them.
>
> James
> Paris TX
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 07:39:07 -0400
From: newenglandforge at aol.com
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] LED's for shop and home
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As my eyes have aged, I find the need for more light so installed a couple
of LED ceiling lights in the woodworking section of my shop. They are so
bright that the pencil layout lines on the wood became near invisible - had
to switch to a softer pencil to make the lines darker so I could see them.
All-in-all I like them a good deal.
Michael - Boston
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 07:41:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: jallcorn at suddenlink.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] LED's for shop and home
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hello
I have been making LED lights for a couple years now.
I found 5 meter reels of LED strips on fire sale over the years.
some of 30 LED per meter others are 60 LED per meter.
60 LED are the ones I use the most.
There are several types of LED strips. Several are varying degrees of
weather resistant coverings. Several are only the flexible PCB that the
LED are mounted to. These may or may not have adhesive tape on the back
of the PCB.
I like the weather resistant types.
Take 2 - 1 meter lengths and solder the necessary wires to each end.
I have found old light fixtures which have a reflective interior. I
mount the 2 - 1 meter lengths of LEDS in the reflective interior.
I use either an Arduino, Raspberry PI or an AllPixel to control the LED
strips. There are ready made controllers online. Radio Shack use to
carry these items. Not sure how many Radio Shack stores are still open.
I would suggest looking online for the items.
the LED strips are either 5 Volts DC or 12 Volts DC.
I use a wall transformer, a.k.a wall wart, for the power supply.
The advantage is I can shape the light to the desired shape.
I can also vary the color of the light and the brightness of the light.
I got started with these LED strips when I read an article about using
them for Christmas tree lights. I program the LED strips to change
colors in sync with Christmas carols.
On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, C&J Allcorn wrote:
> Like the rest of you I am slowly replacing Metal Halide, HPS, florescent
and
> incandescent bulbs with LED's.
>
<major snip>
>
> James
> Paris TX
>
--
terry l. ridder ><>
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:09:32 -0400
From: Walter <wmullett22 at gmail.com>
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] Test
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