I have the electrician this week and next, and need to replace my insufficient fluorescent fixtures with ones that produce far more light. I know this has been discussed before, but my ceiling height is higher than most shops.
The ceiling height is 15-1/2', so not sure if high bay vs conventional wraparound lights are best.
Also, my last shop with multiple 4-bulb T-8 fixtures (each producing approximately 40watts x 60 lumens/watt x 4 bulbs or 9600 lumens per fixture). And that was with an 8 foot ceiling.
Almost every wraparound light fixture I see only produces, at most 5000 lumens. So higher ceilings, and half the light output.
Is the best approach just to replace the fixtures with 4 bulb fluorescent fixtures and change out the bulbs to LED bulbs? I'm not anxious to have to go up 15-1/2 feet to replace ballasts in the future.
Any suggestions for specific fixtures / or sources to use? Not finding any great solutions in my hunt.
Thanks.