Shop lighting with 300w CFL's - Lateral-g Forums

jjarky · #1 12-09-2009, 12:00 PM

Has anyone seen these 300w cfl's? Found them at Lowes. They work great and only use energy of 65w bulb. I used 13 of them in my new 20x30 shop. Cost me $190 and have a bulb life of 6000 hours. Just wondering what everyone else is using?

**XcYZ** · #2 12-09-2009, 05:42 PM

Looks pretty bright. I'm not really up to speed on CFL options, do you have a choice in range on kelvin?

jjarky · #3 12-09-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by XcYZ

Looks pretty bright. I'm not really up to speed on CFL options, do you have a choice in range on kelvin?

These are the only CFL's I could find at this wattage. There are no others (at least that I could find). I prefer a bulb around 3800 Kelvin. I think these are around 2700 to 3000. Slightly more yellow than I would like but still work great for the price.

brrymnvette · #4 02-02-2010, 06:09 AM

I've got 9 200W regular bulbs in my 15x20 garage. It lights it up like day time. I love it. I'll never use the "shop lights" again.

**GregWeld** · #5 02-02-2010, 08:14 AM

Paint those walls a light color -- and you'd be amazed at how much brighter those lights will be! Painting the floor would help too - but if you're like me - I don't want a "nice" floor... I'd just ruin it anyway so why bother.

I had my shed walls painted an off white - and I wish I'd have taken a meter for before and after readings... because I'd bet it was 25% brighter after the paint.

jmarsa · #6 02-02-2010, 09:20 AM

Nice Find.

The only thing I don't like about CFLs is that the lifespan is severely shortened when they are turned on/off often. Before I learned this, I killed many by using them in the kitchen and bath.

--JMarsa