[AT] Led SHOP LIGHTS

[David Rotigel]

I picked one of these up last week. It's very bright and lasts 2 1/2 hrs on a charge. See: http://www.harborfreight.com/120-led-rechargeable-under-hood-work-light-60793.html
	Dave

On Feb 6, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looking at my Philips Lighting catalog.  The 8' lamps run a fairly wide
> range of different lumen outputs, depending on various factors like color
> temperature, color rendering index, rated life, etc.  But to boil it down
> to a reasonable number I'd call it about 4000 lumens.  But, of course,
> these are brand-new modern lamps with relatively high efficiencies.  Yours
> could have been say perhaps 3500 lm when new and they drop output as they
> age; you could be down down in the 2000-2500lm ballpark on your 30-year old
> 8-footers.
> 
> On the other hand, LED manufacturers can sometimes be mighty optimistic
> with their ratings.  If it's a reputable manufacturer of a premium product,
> I'd buy the 3700; but if they are more budget-minded designs, it's more of
> a marketing and sales game so the numbers get massaged.  In this case I'd
> throw a wild estimate of about 3000lm.  Costco... well, I'm making some
> assumptions here, but I'd go with 3000.
> 
> Bottom line is that one of these LED modules will as a best-guess throw
> more lumens (~3000) than one of your existing 8' fluorescents (~2000-2500).
> 
> SO
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:29 PM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Costco has some 2 bulb 4' LED shop lights that produce 3700 Lumens on sale
>> for $32. I've got some 8' fluorescent lights in the shop that have
>> basically died, probably bad ballasts--they were used when they were
>> installed over 30 years ago. Will one of the 3700 Lumen units produce more
>> light than 8' Fluorescent bulbs--I think the ones we have have 2 pins.
>> 
>> Thoughts, opinions? One way or another, I've GOT to get some new shop
>> lights.
>> 
>> John Hall
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