Your outdoor garage lighting is often first seen when people pull up to your home in the evening. Not only are garages built more prominently today, but it is usually a prefered function to have easy access to the garage. Implementing the right kind of outdoor garage lighting will enhance your curb appeal and increase the perceived value of your home.

Outdoor Garage Lighting Sensors

Incorporating sensors into your outdoor garage lighting is a great addition. You can add motion sensors so that the lights will turn on when there is movement, or you could also have a sensor that is based on the current sunlight (or lack thereof) for example a light that turns on from dusk to dawn.  You can also incorporate timers that will turn the lights on and off a certain times or intervals to look more realistic that someone is turning them on or off.

Outdoor garage lighting LED and energy efficient options

There are a number of LED bulbs that you can simply screw into your existing outdoor garage lighting fixture. This is obviously the most simple way to retro fit your current lighting into something far more energy efficient. Usually traditional flood lights or incandescent bulbs just doesn’t make sense anymore and you need to change them. This is not only from an energy savings standpoint, but also the LED bulbs are more reliable, need less frequent changing and will not burden our landfills.

Lithonia Lighting Diamond Plate Chrome Chrome Finish 2-Light Linear Lithonia Lighting 1241DP RE 4ft T8 2bulb Diamondplate

Although a professionally designed and installed  lighting system looks spectacular, a simple and classic solution for any garage, can be as easy as swapping out your traditional Light Fixtures Fluorescent and adding a diamond plate chrome light fixture.

Benefits of  Diamond Plate Chrome Light Fixtures Fluorescent

The primary benefit of Chrome plated Light Fixtures Fluorescent are the aesthetics.  Naturally it is important to you how your garage looks and the sparkle reflection of chrome makes a great statement for any garage. Especially if you have other chrome products on your vehicle or tool boxes.  Even matching it with your outlet and light switch covers is smart.

Where to Buy Chrome Light Fixtures Fluorescent

Online shopping is a great source of Light Fixtures Fluorescent. You can easily compare brands, prices and availability. At home improvement stores, you often only find one source or brand and that makes comparing hard. Many online retailers have free or discounted shipping and you can easily select the right size and specifications for your needs.

Enjoy your Chrome Light Fixtures Fluorescent.

Diamond Plate Outlet and Switch Covers

The Diamond Plate Outlet and Switch Covers Product Features

• Polished Aluminum Material
• Hight Quality Stamping
• Counter Sunk Hole
• Includes Stainless Steel Screws

Long Term Benefits of Diamond Plate Outlet and Switch Covers

By adding Diamond Plate Outlet and Switch Covers to your garage lighting, you make an inexpensive fix and still a stunning impression.

One of the great features of the T8 garage lighting systems is that it is linkable. You can connect a number of lighting fixtures that make it very simple to add lights, without needed to run wire in the ceiling for each unit. Here is an illustration of a finished installation of Linkable T8 Garage Lighting.

You can see in the lower right hand corner that the lights link via a simple plug in that you can snap together. This makes mounting, planning and the actual installation a breeze.

How to make Linkable T8 Garage Lighting work in your Garage

Click on the image to enlarge so you can see how the Linkable T8 Garage Lighting could work in your garage. You can purchase systems that have a very small amount of linkable fixtures (like 1 or 2 to start) and then add on more as you need.

Here are the specifications for the 4 fixture Linkable T8 Garage Lighting system. Remember that the bulbs may not be included and that you will need to do some work for the installation.

Linkable T8 Garage Lighting Specifications

• Fixture Dimensions: 48 3/4″ L x 8 3/8″ W x  2 3/4″ H
• 4 – Fixtures
• 2 – Power Hub
• 4 – 90 degree Cord Covers
• 4 – 48″ Cord Covers (Cuttable to desired lengths)
• 2 – 12″ 12g Power Cord
• 4 – 48″ 14g Jumper Cords
• 2 – End-to-End Connector.
• Shallow euro-style design.
• Instant-on, quiet operation electronic ballast.
• Cool start-up – 0 deg. Fahrenheit.
• Each fixture uses (2) 32 watt T8 lamps (sold separately).
• Units are designed to work with T8 lamps only.
• Quantity in Set: 22 pc.
• Work Light Type: Fluorescent
• Bulb Wattage: 32 watts
• Number Of Heads: Single Head
• Work Light Type: Ceiling mounted
• Number Of Bulbs Required: 8
• Energy Star qualified and cULus listed
• UL listed for damp locations
• Title 24 compliant
• Installation is required

Garage Stop Light products help you park in your garage safely and quickly without damage to your car or your garage. It can easily cost several hundred dollars to have the paint job fixed on your car door.

Garage Stop Light Help for Other drivers

Using a system like the garage stop light will also help if you have other drivers in the house who might not be as careful when pulling into the garage. Teenage drivers are infamous for smashing bikes, scraping paint off the sides of doors and can end up being an expensive ordeal. Maybe your husband would love one of these as a gift to finally settle the squabbling about parking and ‘who used the car last’ arguments.

Another reason for many garage accidents is when drivers are in a big hurry. Everything from fear of missing a TV show to just rushing in for supper after a long day at the office can cause simple oversights that lead to crushed items left out a little too far from the wall, or dented door panels or painful long scrapes in the paint. Take you time when you park and a Garage Stop Light is a great way to remind you.

You can also make your own simple parking reminders. Take a tennis ball, connect it to a string and attach it to the ceiling perfectly centered where your car should be parked each time. This way, it will hit just below your rear view mirror when you pull into the garage and you will know exactly when to stop.

Park safely and quickly with the Garage Stop Light products.

A single or double bulb system in a garage is probably not going to be enough if you will be working for long periods of time, but it is a great option for those looking at saving money, and being efficient. Below you will find a table of various types of ratings on bulbs which you might have looked at already. This will give you a better idea of how well they can light a garage.

The layout of the garage is also important. While an overhead single light is usually enough for most people who are parking their cars inside, for a craftsman, its not. This can be another reason why wall mounted lights can give better coverage at eye level, while illuminating the ground much better.

Finding the best garage lighting solutions involves being ingenious sometimes. If you will be working under a parked vehicle, then lights that are built into the bottom rail of cabinetry or specialized drop lights should work fine. Fluorescent lighting can also cover a wide range of area and space. Knowing whether to purchase the T4, T5, T8 or a heavy duty T12 light bulb will depend much on the available space for the lighting fixtures.

The main idea behind lighting a room including a garage is make it possible for the light to spread evenly across an entire area. Lights that are close to the face, or short distance away can cause temporary blindness, or become harsh on the eyes if they are too powerful. This is why the lower the lights are installed to the ground, the dimmer they should be.

These are just a few tips that you should keep in mind when looking for a solution for your garage lighting. Remember that there is no substitute for quality. If you buy something cheap, don’t expect it to last for a long time.

The type of lighting you may be looking for would vary dependent upon the size of your garage, the distance or closeness you need for what you do there and the brightness you are looking for.

TWO CAR GARAGE WORK ENVIRONMENT

To efficiently light up a two car garage, remove the bare bulb porcelain fixtures and replace each with an 8-ft fluorescent one. Since 8 ft.bulbs are alittle difficult to handle, use two 4 footers. Avoid regular magnetic ballasts in standard T12 florescent fixtures if the temperature in your garage will drop below 60 degrees.

If your garage temperature will drop below 50°F, buy fixtures with electronic ballasts (not electromagnetic) because they start in temperatures down to 0 degrees F and lower. The more energy efficient fixtures take size T8 lamps (1 in. wide). The cost will be more initially but will save you money over time. Avoid energy-saver.

If you need to use your garage lighting to distinguish true colors of paints and stains, make sure you get lamps with a color rendering index of 85 or above. This number will not be on the bulb or the packaging, but will be in the company procuct catalog or on some web sites.

LEISURE GARAGE LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT

In having a garage game room, the light you choose may not be as important as a workshop, of course. You may want to try different types of lighting.

For instance, a pool table or some other gaming table light may be needed directly above your game area for the serious gamers and its brightness will be important, but you may want softer light at a sitting area nearby.

Be creative by thinking about the lighting with similiar game rooms you have been in. Did they create the atmosphere you are looking for? Many game rooms have a dark feel to them. Is this what you are looking for? Think about the lighting from your garage windows and the time of day you will be spending most of your time there.

GARAGE HOME OFFICE LIGHTING

With a shortage of space in the house or the volume of noise and distractions, an office in the garage may be just the right answer for the sake of peace or to get your job done.

It will probably be most helpful to partition your garage office from the rest of the garage for several reasons, including some of those just listed above. But also, it may be a good idea to avoid showing off your computer to the neighbors while the garage door is opened or make visitors too curious by being able to easily access your office, especially if entry into the house is usually via the garage.

Consider what electrical outlets you are going to need and the lighting you are comfortable with in your typical office setting. And you should know from experience what type of lighting you work well with in your current office setting.

You may need to adjust your lighting in the rest of the garage to get the optimal and comfortable environment your are looking for so that you will be able to work long hours in your office.

Whatever lighting environment you are looking for, with the difficult economy, using your garage rather than building on an addition to your home may be just the right answer to providing the right place and space for your needs. It is certainly a cost efficient answer when considering the alternative.