Shop Illumination

Re: Check the WoodCentral Articles

mikeee12345

There is one simple rule I have tried to convey on lighting projects over the last 4-5 decades. You have quantity of light and quality of light, one is easy on the pocket book and hard on the eyes, the other is needed if you spend hours each day working in the artificial illuminated area.

The other aspect of newer technology lighting systems is the poor quality of the solid state power supplies that add harmonic distortion to your electrical system. For the average end user this is not a problem, but if you have a large percentage of solid state driven equipment on your electrical system you can incur problems on the electrical systems from harmonic distortion. Many of the newer technology lighting system solid state power supplies can produce 20-25% harmonic distortion on your electrical system, this can cause breakers to trip, switch contacts to heat up, electrical panels heating up, transformers running hot, component failures on other solid state systems. The harmonics tend to target the components in the electrical system that has the lowest impedance in the circuit. This impedance can vary depending on what is running in your facility at that time.

Re: JDS -Air Tech- 750 ER

William Duffield

That's the same air cleaner I have (excellent choice, by the way), but when I am turning it is directly behind me on the center of the opposite long wall. Your dust mask is your primary defense, the vacuum hood (close to where the fine dust is being created) is secondary, and the air cleaner is tertiary. It allows you to work in your shop without wearing your dust mask when you are not sanding or otherwise creating small particles.

From Alan Vandergriff

john lucas

Jorge -- I am in the process of building my shop. I found an online dealer called greenlightdepot.com and bought the 8 foot led strip lights. They are over 5000 lumen each, I chose the frosted cover and they are 6000 K in color temp. Best part was the price. If I remember correctly, they were almost $30 each when I got mine and last time I looked they had gone down. If you put the power in the 1st one each of the others plug into the other end with a male/female connection. I have 3 linked together in a row in my building and the building is 20x32ft. I have 4 rows across and 1 over the end where my workbench will be. Another plus is if you spend $100 the shipping is free. They also have all kinds of other LED light.

The building has over 112,000 lumen on the ceiling. I am able to run all of them off of 1 15amp breaker and not even pushing it.