On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:21:51 -0500, B A R R Y wrote:

Lee Michaels wrote:

I would reccomend mutiple floursecents. They are cool and cheap. The more,
the better.

As a fellow basement dweller, I concur.

The big problem with basement is ceiling height. With a low ceiling,
you need far more fixtures per square foot, as the light doesn't get
much chance to spread out.

Sort of a double edge sword though, Barry...
My problem with fluorescent is that if you have high ceilings (mine are 10') the
fluorescents diffuse... probably the wrong word?.. more than incandescent..

I've dropped some of my T-8 fixtures down a couple of feet and they're much more
effective..
OTOH, I also have 2 or 3 goose neck lamps with incandescent "true color" bulbs,
for when I want to see details when sanding and such..


mac

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