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Old Nov 24, 2019 | 10:03 AM
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Ran across these little shop LED lights on Amazon... they are about 3/4" square in cross-section and about 48" long. 5' switched plug-in wiring is included as well as jumpers to plug light-to-light or hard-wire them into place. We moved to the country a while back, which included a metal unwired garage. Last week the electrician came out, and yesterday I decided to hang some lights. 9 hung up wired to the light switch, the 10th plugged into a motion sensor so when a garage door is opened the single 2200lm bulb lights up. Garage looks like daylight inside. No more plug-in trouble light for illumination! Cost about $70 for the lights, a few bucks each for 10 foot 2x4 to mount 'em on, ran 1/4" cord to hang 'em up. Three over the workbench end, four over the middle, two at the rear. Basic and easy.

 
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Old Nov 24, 2019 | 10:53 AM
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Looks good ! I went from gas tubes to LED and loved the change.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 12:21 AM
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Nice, what about a item or part #? You need to post up your new find here too. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum20/
 
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 07:07 AM
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That's a good price. I recently put the led equivalent of a 2 bulb 4" fixture in my laundry room and it cost $30.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 08:15 AM
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I found the 4' two bulb fixtures at Costco for $19.99 a few months back. What a difference they make. Don't need a drop light now unless I'm under the truck.
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Old Nov 25, 2019 | 10:15 AM
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is the Amazon link for the 10 pack of 5000K Barrina lights. They also sell 4500K, 5500K, and 6000K lights in varying package counts to meet your preference. $70 for a 10 pack, about $40 for a six pack. They do not come with a fixture per se, but have little mounting clips - I used 10 foot 2x4s for convenience. Electric driver to drive in the screw through the clip, one at each end of the light, then snap/plug in. You can daisy chain up to 8 lights in series. They supply five 5' switched power cords, power pigtails to hardwire the lights in, and five 2' light-to-light jumpers to daisy chain the lights. To make things work I had to do a little surgery on two of the power cords and there was no problems with their functionality afterwards. If I had a complaint, the mounting screws are VERY soft and if you spin the driver bit once, you need to replace the screw.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2019 | 11:57 AM
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Nice Job! I've been looking to add about 10 more lights to the shop. Looks like you did the hard work for me in finding them!
 
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Old Nov 26, 2019 | 09:09 PM
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Harbor Freight sometimes has 48" fixtures - plug in, for $20 (on sale) Bought a 48" fixture at Wally for $17. Those LEDs sure do make a difference.
 
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I added similar ones in my garage a few months agos - fantastic upgrade.
 
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