Hi Barbara, You need "skinny" tube fluorescent fixtures in areas that are not always heated. The older thick tubes will not continue to work in cold environments. Frank Emerson ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Richmond To: barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com ; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] New shop lighting and accessories Walk out basements are great--I have one, too. I have two spaces, the laundry/furnace room and and part of the garage (basement level). In both places I have 8' fluorescent fixtures. The newer ones are the skinny tubes. In fact, I just had a garage makeover (if that's what you want to call it). The garage, though it is just a single, extends the depth of the house (front to back, ranch style house). So, I hired some guys to remove the 2x4/plywood shelves--which just caught stuff so I could put off making a decision on what to do with it--and had slatwall put up (don't worry, there are other shelves). Now along the back wall I have my wall o'tools. The dust collector is in the corner and I'm trying to decide how to hookup my various power tools to it---the DustRight connect/disconnect system I saw on Rocker.com, or should I connect it all up and use a bunch of blast gates. Right now it's just a hassle to connect and disconnect the stuff--but at least the tools are all in place now and I don't have to shift a billion things to get to them. I also have adjustable incandescent clamp on lights of various kinds and a floor lamp to use as needed. This has been a big project. I haven't been very well organized in the past, so it's taken some time to sort things out and figure out where everything would go. I am sure happy with the results. Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com To: "PTG" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:32:06 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [pianotech] New shop lighting and accessories Hello list, My family and I recently moved into a new house which we specifically purchased because of its full, unfinished walkout basement, of which a portion is dedicated to becoming my new shop. I'm very excited as this will be my first shop and it's in such a skeletal shape that I can't wait to fill it up with all new tools and widgets and doodads...oh, and pianos to tinker with too! In fact, I just purchased my first project, a Hamilton studio, which I hope to restring the bass, put new hammers on, rebush the keys, regulate and on and on... Anyway, I digress. My question is: What sort of lighting would be best? Currently, there are a total of 4 bulbs in the entire basement and it's really dark. We are going to have to wire for more electrical outlets and lights. Should I stick with traditional bulbs or would fluorescent lighting be better for the shop? Or canister spot lights? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! :-D Barbara Nobbe, RPT Pitch Perfect 859-489-4793 barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091014/305c8b19/attachment.htm>
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