I've never really been happy with my garage lighting but I've always put off upgrading it for sometime down the road. Well, that time has come. I've just finished installing my Hykolity LED garage lights and I wanted to take you through the process. When we built our house, I asked our builder to wire up four recessed LED lights, one in each corner. I knew the one … [Read more...] about How to Hardwire LED Shop Lights In The Garage
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Do LED Lights Work in a Cold Garage?
Cold winters and LED lights don't mix, or so we've been told. But is it really true? Back when i lived up in Pennsylvania, I had various LED lights that seemed to struggle in the cold weather. But that was over ten years ago, so I wanted to do a little research to see if that was still the case. LED shop lights work very well in a cold garage! In fact, LED lights … [Read more...] about Do LED Lights Work in a Cold Garage?
High Bay vs. Low Bay Lights in Your Garage
When I was starting to look into upgrading my garage lighting, the "experts" said that you needed to have separate fixtures and T8 fluorescent or LED bulbs. I found a lot of fixtures called "high bay lights." If you're like me, you might be wondering what that is, exactly. More importantly, should you use them in a residential garage? As I was digging into the … [Read more...] about High Bay vs. Low Bay Lights in Your Garage
Hykolity LED Review: Head-to-Head Shop Light Shootout
If you haven't been following along, I'm doing research for my own garage lighting project. I decided to get some hands-on experience as many of the major products and brands as I could. When I found Hykolity LED shop lights, they seem to check all the boxes I wanted: They're a US based companyThey've got extremely good reviews They make their own stuff (at least for … [Read more...] about Hykolity LED Review: Head-to-Head Shop Light Shootout
FrenchMay LED Shop Lights Review
The FrenchMay LED shop lights are one of the highest rated garage lights on Amazon. So I definitely wanted to include them in my shop light shootout article. I've been looking at some of the most popular (and inexpensive) LED light fixtures on Amazon to see how they match up against each other. Today, I'm looking at the FrenchMay Linkable LED Utility Shop … [Read more...] about FrenchMay LED Shop Lights Review