Okay, so the new garage has merely "adequate" lighting. It's a standard 2 car garage and has three overhead flourescent fixtures, each with 2x48" bulbs. It's okay, but my last 2 car garage had 8 of these fixtures (the way God intended) and in comparison, this one is....well....a cave. 
There's a good thread on the topic here on corner-carvers, but I'd also like to ask the peanut gallery here for their thoughts.
Offhand, I'm thinking of going with 8 more of the 2x48" bulb fixtures. I would like them to be mounted solidly to the ceiling as opposed to hanging, but am concerned about heat build-up causing ceiling scorching or worse. Worst case, I'll just mount them with as short a "danging height" as possible since my garage ceiling is relatively low.
It also appears there are varying levels of housings. Some have no reflective side panels like the one below. I don't like this 'cause it would seem they'd be much easier to break if you're not careful.

Then there are these like I had. I've wacked these a few times accidentally in my old garage and they never dropped a bulb on me.

And there's these kind, but I'm afraid the covers would block too much light:

One last thing. What are the benefits to an electronic ballast?
Tommy

There's a good thread on the topic here on corner-carvers, but I'd also like to ask the peanut gallery here for their thoughts.
Offhand, I'm thinking of going with 8 more of the 2x48" bulb fixtures. I would like them to be mounted solidly to the ceiling as opposed to hanging, but am concerned about heat build-up causing ceiling scorching or worse. Worst case, I'll just mount them with as short a "danging height" as possible since my garage ceiling is relatively low.
It also appears there are varying levels of housings. Some have no reflective side panels like the one below. I don't like this 'cause it would seem they'd be much easier to break if you're not careful.

Then there are these like I had. I've wacked these a few times accidentally in my old garage and they never dropped a bulb on me.

And there's these kind, but I'm afraid the covers would block too much light:

One last thing. What are the benefits to an electronic ballast?
Tommy
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