LED lights for a shed

[Gregor]

Screwfix have got LAP led battens on offer at the moment.

Cheers, I got 2 x 5ft 60w for the garage and amazed how much light they kick out.

[Gregor]

Gotta do something about the floor now I can see how awful it looks.

[Bigyin]

Couldn’t find any rating on it but it’s a 3 foot long one and gives loads of light in my little shed

[formula400]

Couldn’t find any rating on it but it’s a 3 foot long one and gives loads of light in my little shed

Bloody hell, so you got 1 3ft in you shed?

Guess I don’t need 2x 6ft

[Bigyin]

Bloody hell, so you got 1 3ft in you shed?

Guess I don’t need 2x 6ft

There are some shadows low down if i am messing with the bikes but if i had more room i would have 1 over a work bench and one above the bikes as you said but maybe 6 foot is a bit much. The output of modern LED is about 3-4 times the old tubes. I have a much smaller shed that has old lighting and that is 2 X 4 foot tubes ...... the new little one puts out more than the 2 old ones combined

The big shed i used to have had 2 X 3 foot on the ceiling, 1 at each end and a small one on a side wall but that was a 12 X 9 foot long shed ... the new place has a much smaller shed

Half the old shed



Other Half



New one

[formula400]

Also any recommendations on a good tubalar heater to keep the chill at bay.

2020-12-21_01-43-51 by MrLongbeard, on Flickr



5 foot, 300 watt, costs about a quid a day to run, from https://www.wearetubularheaters.co.uk/s ... with-plug/
Don't expect them to warm the space up unless you're going to get 4 of 'em, but just that one keeps the damp at bay for me.

How bigs the space your keeping warm???

[MrLongbeard]

How bigs the space your keeping warm???

Standard size, maybe a smidge larger, detached garage

[slowsider]

Gotta do something about the floor now I can see how awful it looks.

Dilute PVA worked for me, on a budget.

[formula400]

So got the lights fitted yesterday, got 2 x 4ft, plenty of light and not too harsh. Well pleased.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-twin-4ft ... 00lm/6481v

Next week, I’ve got a sparky coming to get power from the house to the shed.

[Count Steer]

Slight variation on a theme (and while the Screwfix sale was on ) just replaced all the old 'neon' lights under the cupboard units in the office/workroom with LED lighting and fitted them under the cupboards in the kitchen too. Cheap as chips and absolutely easy peasy...unless I want them all to come on from one switch in the kitchen. It would have been easier if the cheapskates that had the kitchen fitted had put some lighting under the units to start with so I could reuse the wiring. Hey ho, I have 'flexible illumination'

[Rockburner]

I've got 2 55W LED Tri-Proof Light - 6ft (1800mm) Length - IP65 - 5000K in a standard sized garage and they put out more than enough light.

Similar to https://www.novelenergylighting.com/lum ... 55ksf.html so I imagine 2 is plenty for wee shed.
If not just make sure you get ones which are daisey chainable so you've only got to run a new wire from one light to the next if you want to add more

How can you tell which ones are daisy-chainable from the spec-sheets?? (eg on screwfix website)

FWIW - your image, copied from Facebook, is no longer viewable.

[MrLongbeard]

How can you tell which ones are daisy-chainable from the spec-sheets?? (eg on screwfix website)

FWIW - your image, copied from Facebook, is no longer viewable.

No idea, the ones I looked at and got specified it on the info sheet, others look like they do too;

https://www.lyco.co.uk/eterna-eco-48w-c ... n-5ft.html


If it ain't mentioned maybe fire them a message and ask.

The photo was nothing special;

166376094_10158247242299397_6506211411235011963_n by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

[Count Steer]

I've got 2 55W LED Tri-Proof Light - 6ft (1800mm) Length - IP65 - 5000K in a standard sized garage and they put out more than enough light.

Similar to https://www.novelenergylighting.com/lum ... 55ksf.html so I imagine 2 is plenty for wee shed.
If not just make sure you get ones which are daisey chainable so you've only got to run a new wire from one light to the next if you want to add more

How can you tell which ones are daisy-chainable from the spec-sheets?? (eg on screwfix website)

FWIW - your image, copied from Facebook, is no longer viewable.

Some of them say 'linkable' in the product description. Eg LAP batten product code 8373B. My LAP ones each came with a connector. Doesn't mean that the ones that don't say it aren't but if you go for the ones that do you're safe. (If the ones you do get haven't got the connector included, I've got at least 3 spare ).

Oh and in the product spec it says cable entry left and right.

[Felix]

So got the lights fitted yesterday, got 2 x 4ft, plenty of light and not too harsh. Well pleased.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-twin-4ft ... 00lm/6481v

Next week, I’ve got a sparky coming to get power from the house to the shed.

Forgot about this but i ordered one of these for my attic. Great light for little money but i think for the attic i need a 2nd one so just got round to ordering it now. I presume if you piggy back one from the other you dont notice any light loss.

[formula400]

Yeah the 2nd is piggy backing off the first. Seems to be no light lost at all.