American Green Lights
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- In part 3 I will be discussing the install of my new American Green Lights LEDs. I will cover the product, how I installed them, how we wired the lights, and finally a comparison of the lights vs the old lights.
If you want to find out more about these amazing LED lights, check out the website below.
www.americangre...
#bentswoodworking #ledlights #americangreenlights
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Jason
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We recently purchased shop lights from American Green Lights and were super impressed and thankful to Jim for designing the optimal custom lighting layout for the workshop. Very high quality lights - 95 CRI !! - and awesome customer service.
Hey Jason, after being a subscriber for a while I decided to take the leap in the American Green Light Brand lights. Absolutely impressed with the lights, I only have a two car garage, but it’s lit like the Eiffel Tower. Appreciate the videos, and wish you the best of luck in the future 🫡
Wow, what an amazing difference those lights make!!! You may have to wear sunglasses when you're working in the shop now.......ha! Great tutorial, thanks for sharing.
They are awesome and you’re welcome 👍
They say you can't have too many clamps...the same is true of lighting. Outstanding lighting is critical in the workshop, especially as the woodworker ages and eyes get tired. This is a smart upgrade and I hope you get years of good use!
Thank you very much
Speaking of age and tired eyes, research shows that at age 60, you need 3 times more light than at age 20 for the same level of visibility.
Congrats on the new shop Jason. Looks great. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you!
Wow, that is bright... 👍.. thanks for sharing...
You’re welcome buddy!
Very nice I recently I changed my fluorecent lights for led lights and it makes one hell of difference from 400W to 120W
I couldn’t be happier!
This is helpful. As I look back at my shop when I started it... it was DARK! And I've upgraded it. But now... it just seems dark still. Better than before. But still needs improvement.
I was so shocked the first time I turned the lights on!
Looks great Jason! I just upgraded my lights over the weekend as well! It makes a huge difference. I’m only working with a 400 sq ft garage but I added six 5K lumen LED lights (30,000 total for you non-math geeks out there lol) and what a upgrade it has been. Should’ve done this a year ago but I’m new at this and I’m learning so I welcome these surprises as they come. I know comments below are asking about the ballasts so I would ask the same but not question your decision but mainly wondering if I should’ve done the same. Mine did not come with ballasts but I could only connect six 4 ft sections at a time so I thought may have something to do with it. Anyways, the garage is looking awesome man! Can’t wait to see more! 👊🏾😎
When I was referring to “ballasts “ I was referring to the metal assembly itself but in reality it’s just the housing that contains the LED driver for the lights themselves. I can see now that is a little confusing.
Ok. You had me geeking out just a little when you started talking about lighting, because that's my job.
Did you know a foot candle is defined as the illuminance observed from a standard candle at 1 foot away.
As an Australian they uses the metric system that totally blew my mind.
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that’s what a foot candle meant.
Foot candles is Lumens per square foot. Lux is the metric equivalent at Lumens per square meter. These are measurements of light intensity at a specific point of measurement.
What a massive difference
They are incredible!
I love watching some one else do electrical work!
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@Zander Alijah Yea, have been watching on KaldroStream for since november myself =)
I got a little nervous when you said you were going to put the wire connections in the attic. much better to have them in the fixture. neat install.
Thanks!
I like this video. One of the elements of it that is slightly different than other videos of similar content i have seen is you showed the light fixture right out of the box which helps with seeing the size of it. Any chance you remember which model or series of lights they were? Always enjoyed watching your channel. Thanks
They are the 24 watt fixtures.
These are the SL-4L-24-50 Commercial shop lights. 24 Watts is equivalent to two 4ft fluorescent tubes. These are 95CRI (color rendering index) full spectrum lights. The 5000K color temperature is a pure white light, equivalent to what you would see from noon-day sun on a clear blue sky. These are available in wattages from 24W, 48W, 72W, 96W, 144W, and 192W. The fixtures you select would be decided based on desired intensity, ceiling height, work surface height, and intended spacing between fixtures.
Having installed Led lights in my shop, I have to ask why are ballasts used? Ballast are energy hogs that defeats the prepose of installing LED lights. Ballast are for fluorescent lights. LEDs do not require ballast.
I have retro fitted a couple Fluorescent lights to LEDs and I by passed and removed the ballast.
I agree. I have. Installed a number of different manufacturer's LED shop lights. All of them have eliminated the ballast (which is an inefficient high voltage transformer to drive fluorescent tubes). What are these ballasts and what are they for.
I agree as well, would have asked that question myself if no one else had. I have recently upgraded 9 old fluorescent fixtures in my shop to LED’s and bypassed the ballast’s, what a huge difference. I also ripped out the ballast out of each fixture even tho you don’t need to. I also like the instant light when the switch is turned on, ballast causes a small delay!!
I would like to hear Jason’s reasoning for choosing ballast fixtures....unless that’s just what they sent him??
I'm guessing these are "factory retrofit" assemblies where they used the old style bases with ballast for fluorescents with an LED that was compatible, as opposed to the newest simple LED fixtures.
Although Jason referred to those as ballasts, in reality those are LED drivers. Drivers convert the AC power to DC power in order to drive the LEDs. All LED fixtures will have a driver. Some are serviceable and replaceable, and some are built-in and non serviceable. Our commercial shop lights are all made with serviceable, replaceable drivers. that way if for some reason a driver goes out 3 to 5 years from now, the driver can be replaced instead of the entire fixture. If the driver is integrated, if the manufacturer is no longer making that fixture, you throw it away and get a new fixture that may not match the look or performance of What's already installed.
Looks good man
Thanks 👊🏼
Jason, really enjoy your videos about your shop. Regarding the lighting and 3000K vs 5000K LEDs, I understand that a big consideration for you was recording for YT but if that wasn't a consideration would you have still gone with 5000K lights? I'm asking because I'm not a big fan of super white light (reminds me too much of fluorescent lights at work and now that I'm retired I don't need reminders of the old days). I find the 3000K lights to be warmer. If I could get 3000K lights with the same lumens output as the 5000K lights is there a downside for woodworkers that I'm not considering (color spectrum, etc...). I have 3000K lights (inexpensive Amazon imports) in my current shop and I like them but I need to deck out my new shop in the coming months so I'm researching a lot. Any opinions are respected. Thanks!
Totally understand where you are coming from. These are definitely bright but for me it works for what I do and like. With that being said, I would strongly encourage you reach out to Jim Uno at American Green Lights and see what he would recommend. I think he would be very helpful in you situation and get you the lights that would meet your needs. It’s a really cool process how they go about designing the layout.
These are a great value for color-correct lighting, but do not appear to be low-profile fixtures. Will they fit between an 8-foot ceiling and an opening garage door? This garage has just eight inches of headroom above the big door (so six for a light fixture). American Greenlight doesn’t list the dimensions on its web site. Also, are these UL certified? Apparently, many low cost LED fixtures aren’t, which one RUclipsr opined elsewhere, wondering how insurance companies would react if one of those brands caused a fire.
The fixture is about 3-1/2 inches tall. Should fit above if you have 8 inches of clearance.
They are CSA certified to UL standards. CSA is the Canada equivalent to UL, and are recognized Nationally accredited testing Laboratory
Amazing lighting job! I'm actually having my shop light boxes wired in today. I'll put the lights in next week. What is your reasoning behind going with traditional tube LEDs as opposed to high output non-recessed round LEDs?
The one thing I was certain is that I wanted American green lights due to my experience with them and there high CRI rating
Very nice. What were the cost of each light retail (Ballpark it) and how many did you end up using?
I believe they are currently $79 each right now and I have 22 in my shop.
What laser leveler are you using?
Does anyone know the difference between American Greenlight “M” and slightly more expensive “B” series LED drivers?
The M series is 24w and 36w. The b series is 48 watts. Both series are 0-10v dimmable.
Was going to go with them, but they apparently don’t return emails.
Hi. Just saw this comment. Please send a message on the contact form. Perhaps the email was blocked by spam filter? Sometimes that happens.
I’d like to know more about your epoxy floor. What did it cost? Did you install yourself?
I had a company do it. Take a look at my garage mods video
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Nice share! How I get this light?
They are American green lights
how much would all these lights cost? How many lumens do you have total?
Not sure total lumens. As for the cost, they provided these light to me but these are around $80-$100 a piece I believe.
Thanks for the video. Very fortuitous-have a move on the horizon next month. Question: right now my shop lighting is a hodgepodge of various suspended led’s from lithonia lighting etc, which I bought one or two at a time from the big box stores. They’re similar but not all the same models, although overall they come together fine (at least I think they do?) and do the job. I’m considering going with something a bit better (or at least all identical) like these AGL flush fixtures for my new shop. Wondering if you can speak to the benefits of a more premium offering like AGL, versus, say, a more budget minded $20 fixture from the local hardware store. Is it mostly better CRI, more lumens, better build quality, or more? Thanks.
It depends on what you want to do. For me, the high CRI is great for the picture quality during filming. That is extremely important for me. It’s hard to explain really. Walking in my shop now feels different from any other place. The amount of light and color is amazing and consistent
We do also have "economy" shop lights and "standard" commercial shop lights. Some differences: 1) Economy shop lights are integrated into one non-serviceable unit. The electronic LED driver (power supply that converts AC Mains power to DC to power the LEDs) on economy shop lights are not replaceable, so if the electronics burn out, you throw away the unit and get a new one. Hopefully the same model is available, otherwise the replacement will look different than the other fixtures. Commercial shop lights are designed to be completely serviceable. We supply large industrial and commercial customers who need a consistent look, with hundreds of fixtures in one location. They do not want to have an oddball fixture if a driver burns out. In a commercial fixture, if the driver burns out, you replace the driver. Very rarely do the LEDs burn out, but on the odd change they get damaged or fail otherwise, they can be replaced. 2) Commercial shop lights with standard CRI (80-85) or commercial high bay lights (70-85 CRI) are good for light intensity, but not for color accuracy, The 95 CRI commercial shop lights are full-spectrum, with good representation of light waves throughout the visible spectrum. Most woodworkers want the High CRI so the real color of wood and stains and finishes are seen under this light. See the information on our web site. www.americangreenlights.com/color-temperature--color-accuracy-and-color-rendering-index.html
@@JimFUno Thanks Jim. I ordered your guys' performalux units... Very nice so far!
@@RS-oo5yq thank you for your support!
I'm always surprised at how drawn people are to high color temperature lighting. I have some 4000K LED lights in my shop, the lowest temperature I could find, and even those are a bit too cool for my taste. I guess I just like the old fashioned warm glow of an incandescent.
It sets up nicely for what I do primarily which is making these videos
I agree. I don't think that many people (clearly this excludes Jason) don't understand that you can actually get cooler LEDs that have the nice yellow look of incandescent bulb but the energy efficiency of LEDs. Personally, I avoid the hot LEDs because they look too fluorescent to me and remind me of work (I recently retired). I bought some ten-packs of 3000K LED lights for my shop and they're great. They were about $40per light.
We offer 3000, 4000, and 5000k in our shop lights and retrofit kits, with 95CRI. We also do custom LED configurations for other applications.
How on earth did you ever work in there before? Those two lightbulbs were almost useless.
Yeah they were pretty dim. Had to bring in a lamp from the house at night while getting things set up.
what laser are you using?
A Bosch green laser
@@bentswoodworking thanks!
wht a waste of time. the lights are junk
Hi @Braddaruler. Sorry you feel that way? Have you used the lights and been dissatisfied? We pride ourselves on customer service and customer satisfaction. If you have purchased and need some resolution, please contact me at customerservice@americangreenlights.com with details.