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Here's a before and after from last weekend's project.
For almost 2 years now, I've struggled to see what I was doing in my attic workshop. I had 3 incandescent fixtures total - one directly over my work area (shadows!), one at the steps, and the third on the far side of the steps. I had attempted to add supplimental lights, but they had to run off the one 15 amp circuit I was using for all of my non-lighting power (gable fans, shop vac, and whatever tool I was using at the moment).
There is now a 2-tube 48 inch T-8 fixture over my work area (say bye-bye to shadows!) and a couple of extra outlets on the lighting circuit. If I had the head room, I would have put a second T-8 fixture, but that just wasn't an option in this 'temporary' workshop. Also, the other far side now has a second incandescent fixture and both are on an in-line switch so I don't have to light the whole attic when I'm working in my half.
For almost 2 years now, I've struggled to see what I was doing in my attic workshop. I had 3 incandescent fixtures total - one directly over my work area (shadows!), one at the steps, and the third on the far side of the steps. I had attempted to add supplimental lights, but they had to run off the one 15 amp circuit I was using for all of my non-lighting power (gable fans, shop vac, and whatever tool I was using at the moment).
There is now a 2-tube 48 inch T-8 fixture over my work area (say bye-bye to shadows!) and a couple of extra outlets on the lighting circuit. If I had the head room, I would have put a second T-8 fixture, but that just wasn't an option in this 'temporary' workshop. Also, the other far side now has a second incandescent fixture and both are on an in-line switch so I don't have to light the whole attic when I'm working in my half.
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