Garage lighting
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RacingStripes

Original Poster:

715 posts

52 months

Yesterday (22:00)
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Not quite at that stage yet but my minds thinking ahead.
I dont really know what to do with it, simple battens, light panels, honeycomb (seems to be popular at the minute which puts me off).

My other thought is LED battens but having them come on in sequence from the single switch. Ive seen it done but no idea how.

Belle427

11,197 posts

255 months

Led battens are fine, switch individually if you want but I see little point if the garage is fairly small. Keeps the wiring simpler too although that`s not such a problem if everything is accessible to run cables.


Jeremy-75qq8

1,625 posts

114 months

Honeycomb looks nice if you are a credentialed or an instagram " influencer ".

If you have an up and over door the electric mechanism may also get in the way unless one's butler does the opening.

I have the led equivalent of the old fluorescent tubes. What you do get is a good even light to work on cars.

Have lots of wall shelving and power sockets. A tap is also useful and I have a workbench