photonwave
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I'm looking at some fixed induction lighting for my new tool shed, but I don't want these circular bulbs - does anybody know if they make a linear tube version?
Anyone familiar with induction lighting?
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Lightdoctor
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As far as I know, it only will work in a circular form...and costs $$$. Why not just use a 2 lamp T8 strip? (It's a tool shed!) Parts are alot cheaper and easier to come by. Induction lighting is best where maintenance and energy costs are of prime concern. BTW, how high are you planning to mount them?
photonwave
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Main reasons I want a linear-style induction lamp is for the service life and output maintenance. Also, better output than a couple of T8 or CFL tubes. I don't see why it can't be done, fluorescent tubes can be lit through induction just holding them under high-frequency power lines. It shouldn't need to be a complete circle to work.
5 foot maximum hanging height, it is a small shed.
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How much light do you want, and how much room do you have? If you can use 8' lamps, you could use F96T8/HO (High Output) lamps. I would recommend just using standard F32T8s, because they are cheap, efficient and available in many different color temperatures. Induction lighting is very, very expensive. It is generally only cost effective when the luminaire is someplace where it is effectively unserviceable.
The higher output lamps are more oval shaped.
http://www.inductionlighting.com/osram.htm
The smaller ones they make to look more like an A lamp. I bet an 85 watt induction lamp would do very well.
http://www.inductionlighting.com/philips_a.htm
http://www.inductionlighting.com/osram.htm
The smaller ones they make to look more like an A lamp. I bet an 85 watt induction lamp would do very well.
http://www.inductionlighting.com/philips_a.htm
photonwave
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A good amount, can't fit 8' tubes, the shed dimensions are 6'tallx4'widex2'deep. As suggested below your post, an 85 watt circular/oval shape looks like the best idea for my spot, opposed to a linear-style.
I hate changing bulbs, and I'm willing to pay the price. The 85 watt doesn't seem that expensive, either, considering I can get 10 years of life out of it.
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With that small of a shed, you wouldn't need a light...(you've got all kinds of solar light) no light to change 'cause as you said you hate to change light bulbs. :thumbsup: Do you plan on looking for tools @ 3 AM? Use a LED headlight. Or are you a light junky who just wants their own induction light? Hmmm....
photonwave
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The shed is indoors in a light-controlled area, I'm not so sure solar lighting would be a solution (also the only window is a northern exposure.) I'm planning on turning the shed into a mini workstation, tools on a couple of upper shelves then a waist-level shelf I can use as a workbench. The 85 watt bulb looks like it would provide enough light for my workstation needs, and I'd not have to worry about bulb replacement until I'm almost pushing 40! :)
photonwave
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In that space, if I were going to do a grow op, I'd just slam 80 5w single-emitter SMDs with focusing cups in there and be done with it.
I have four empty closets if I really wanted to do a grow op. Or, since I'm a legal patient, I could just use the huge warehouse I have for testing lighting solutions as a research area for cannabis.
Does nobody own a desk nook, anymore? I'm making something similar to that, but instead of rolling up the cover you just swing open a couple of doors and sit down. I'm even putting the induction light on a switch in the door.
And as a side note - plants don't care about lumens. :)
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40 will come alot sooner than you think!
Sounds to me you know alot about growing pot. Hmmm.... Maybe thats why you want TO MUCH light in a tool shed. Just use a 300W PS25....:crackup:
photonwave
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My job is being specialist light designer for specific plant species. I know a lot about the light requirements of most plants - I wouldn't do pot under induction lighting unless they did a complete overhaul on the phosphor types and blend ratios, and even then I probably wouldn't use them unless it was my own custom phosphor specification.
I'm just trying to build a micro workstation I can have light up when I open the doors to do work and shut off when I close it - already got the switch in place, I just need a bright light overhead (like an old electronics repair bench with a 4-tube fluorescent bank right over your head.)
And I know you didn't just suggest an incandescent bulb!
