I also am in a basement shop with a low drop ceiling, About 7'6".

I have 4 twin tube, 4 ' flourescents hanging between the beams.

True to their nature the light is fairly sterile and evenly dull.

I solved it by looking at where I spent the majority of my tome and I
installed and installed talk lighting in can type fixtures in the ceiling.

I initially used incandescent bulbs but have gone to the high white cf
bulbs. They give the room a bit more "natural" lighting and don't generate
that much heat.



I have
"mac davis" wrote in message
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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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