Posted by Mark - IN. on August 20, 2013 at 17:00:31 from (98.215.76.204):
In Reply to: Interior barn lights posted by Thartiga on August 19, 2013 at 17:06:02:
Can't get mercury vapor anymore, but the replacement is metal hallide and in a barn your size, three evenly spaced will give you more light than you will ever need, especially if you have a concrete floor. My small barn is 60'x40' and I put up two, seperate switches because don't always need both, and often don't. Two do fine, but I have a brother that is legally blind, but can see a little. He says that if was his barn with his eyes, would have gone a third...evenly spaced, but two was ok for him.
I got the idea from my brother because his neighbor did the same, so I tried it. Take a couple minutes to warm up like flourecent, but once they do, bouncing off of the concrete floor, right down the center from front to back breaking the length up into thirds (two bulbs, evenly spaced into three sections) is a ton of light, 300 watt bulbs.
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