On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:08:37 GMT, "Scott Smith"
wrote:

|Sorry if this isn't the appropriate group for this question... searching
|Google for questions about setting up workshops always seemed to lead me
|here...
|
|We recently bought a house, and it still has the original garage lighting: a
|single 60W bulb mounted on the wall next to the door.
|
|I want to work in the garage, so I need to add some lighting. We live in
|San Diego, and our winters don't usually get below 50 degrees, so I figured
|I'd go with fluorescent lights.
|
|The problem is that the walls and ceiling are all finished (sheetrock and
|paint). Any thought of running the wires outside the walls sounds (at least)
|ugly, but the idea of tearing out the sheet rock just to run wires around
|the ceiling doesn't sound that appealing either (there are rooms above the
|garage, so there's no attic or crawlspace to use).
|
|I'm trying to figure out what my options are (after just buying a house in
|San Diego, SWMBO would balk at the expense of just hiring a pro to take care
|of it). Anyone out there done anything like this?

Jeeze, you can afford a house in SD, what's another $10 or $20K for a
coupla lights [g].

Seriously, I'd just surface mount the fixtures and wire them up using
conduit. If it's a work area, a little industrial strength ambiance
seems totally appropriate.

I would however, make sure that the fixtures are rated for residential
use. A lot of the garbage at the Borgs is not and the radio frequency
noise they generate is outrageous.