Garage Lighting
Remember when everyone tried to get us to buy those stupid compact fluorescent lights? Before that we had those really dumb incandescent bulbs that only used about 10 percent of the electricity for creating light. Those old incandes cent bulbs did a much better job at providing heat than they did at providing light. Today it’s all about Light Emitting Diodes or what we call LED lights. Kevin Doughty, who works in product development for Home Depot, points out “ LED light fixtures are digital products, much like our cell phones and TVs. As performance improves, costs come down. We are now at a point where the quality and reliability of LED fixtures are at or exceeding the performance of traditional light sources. Additionally, you can make up for the upfront investment in less than a year – especially as many LEDs solutions are nearing the same initial cost of fluorescents.” The Temperature of Light We measure light temperature in Kelvins. If you want the inside of your shop...