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Re: Garage Update
Well, Jack, I kicked around the idea of upstairs storage early on...even have a CAD drawing with a landing and stairs in place in one corner, and decided against it, took up too much space. I may deck in the loft and do the pull down stairs, just for occasional storage, we'll see. Fact is, the knees aren't any younger and I'd like to keep everything to one level.
As far as the dormer, nah...will just collect too much dust. That's one of the two reasons why I elected to NOT include any windows in the building. The other is to provide maximum usable wall space.
I went yesterday and picked up 15, 48" four tube flourescent fixtures; 32 watts per bulb. That's 128 watts per fixture for a total of 1920 watts. The best information I could find on the internet for wattage recommendations seemed to put high visibility requirements (offices, kitchens, workshops, etc.) at about 2 watts per square foot. With the 24'x24' shop having 576 total square feet that would equate to about 1200 watts. I used my usual rule of thumb and added half again as much capacity and was planning for a minimum of 1800 watts. I finally settled on five rows with three fixtures per row and thus the 1920 watts.
I'm going to have the electrician wire the lighting for two circuits. One circuit will light the row of fixtures on each of the angled ceiling sections and the center row of the flat ceiling (9 of the total 15 fixtures). The other circuit will light the remaining two rows on the flat ceiling (6 of the total 15 fixtures). That way I can use two switches to light 6, 9, or all 15 fixtures. That should cover my light needs especially with the painted (semi-gloss white) walls and floor.
Ray
jlaird said:
Well, Jack, I kicked around the idea of upstairs storage early on...even have a CAD drawing with a landing and stairs in place in one corner, and decided against it, took up too much space. I may deck in the loft and do the pull down stairs, just for occasional storage, we'll see. Fact is, the knees aren't any younger and I'd like to keep everything to one level.
As far as the dormer, nah...will just collect too much dust. That's one of the two reasons why I elected to NOT include any windows in the building. The other is to provide maximum usable wall space.
I went yesterday and picked up 15, 48" four tube flourescent fixtures; 32 watts per bulb. That's 128 watts per fixture for a total of 1920 watts. The best information I could find on the internet for wattage recommendations seemed to put high visibility requirements (offices, kitchens, workshops, etc.) at about 2 watts per square foot. With the 24'x24' shop having 576 total square feet that would equate to about 1200 watts. I used my usual rule of thumb and added half again as much capacity and was planning for a minimum of 1800 watts. I finally settled on five rows with three fixtures per row and thus the 1920 watts.
I'm going to have the electrician wire the lighting for two circuits. One circuit will light the row of fixtures on each of the angled ceiling sections and the center row of the flat ceiling (9 of the total 15 fixtures). The other circuit will light the remaining two rows on the flat ceiling (6 of the total 15 fixtures). That way I can use two switches to light 6, 9, or all 15 fixtures. That should cover my light needs especially with the painted (semi-gloss white) walls and floor.
Ray
