BEST GARAGE LED LIGHTS WOW | BARRINA LED T5 6500K | How to install LED lights in your 2 car garage
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Today I'll be explaining how to install Barrina LED t5 6500k LED light strips to a switch! These lights are amazing and I hope you enjoy the tutorial
Link to these LED lights on Amazon:
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Following me through the process of installing LED Garage Lights in my 2 car garage. I wanted modern LED lights for the garage because I plan to work on my cars pretty often and the single light bulb just won't be enough light.
I went on Amazon and ordered (12) Barrina LED T5 lights (listed as: (Pack of 6) Barrina LED T5 Integrated Single Fixture, 4FT, 2200lm, 6500K), for my specific design I needed (12) lights.
I went to Lowes and got some extra wiring, a cover for the hole in the ceiling, a self-leveling laser to help me install these straight, and I used a soldering iron to extend the wires found in the kit.
Initially I was very impressed with the light kit and the items found in the box, they provide a lot of additional hardware so that customers can use these lights in a variety of applications.
I used (4) lights on each side of the garage making a "U" shape. First we need to install the brackets for the lights, then mount the lights themselves, and last we'll wire everything together.
Make sure to be safe and switch off your breaker for the garage light power, and also make sure to test the wire once you shut it off. I used a cheap multimeter that I found online.
Let me know what you think about the install and if you have any questions comment below.
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Glad it all worked out for you!!! Nice job
Thank you man, I love the lights 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Best video for garage lighting hands down 🙌🙌👍👍 I will be doing something similar to my garage gym once I get some other projects done!
Glad to hear it, thanks for watching! These lights are great you’re gonna love ‘em
Super job !!
Thank you! 🙌🏻
Great video man, the 12 pc definitely was worth it! Garage looks fantastic
Thank you man! I’m still very happy with how the garage is lit, awesome value for money
I really enjoyed the video. You convinced me to wire directly into my ceiling rather than use the plugs that come with many of these LED light kits. I do a lot of detailing and the more light the better, especially for ceramic coating applications.
Definitely an awesome setup to have for detailing, I’m sure your garage is going to look great 🙌🏻
Nice video, thanks! Came across it after I installed our Barrina lights and great minds think alike. Ours are almost identical but I used two fixture kits with 10 lights each. I went with 5000K as the 6500K lights are just a little too blue/white for me. FWIW, there are drywall anchors that work great with the supplied brackets. They are #4-6 x 7/8". I bought them from Home Depot for a few dollars. I also added the additional wiring to reach the original junction box. SinLoon T5 T8 LED Lamp Connecting Wire works perfectly with Barrina lights. A laser light will cut measuring and mounting time in half. 👍 Keep up the great work!
Thanks man! Great minds think alike for sure! I thought maybe I’d get one more kit to light behind where the garage door is but I’ve just been lazy for now. I appreciate it dude thanks for watching 🙌🏻
Nice vid, but I wouldn't braid the power supply lines, just because it would make it harder to troubleshoot/replace one of the lines if you have a problem. Also, you should make sure you're using rosin core solder for home electrical + lead free electrical solder flux + a soldering iron meant for electrical if the temperature isn't adjustable. The flux and/or rosin core clean the surface area of copper as it melts, making a better electrical connection with less resistance/heat during normal operation.
Good to know in hindsight; thanks! So far it’s still working well so I’m thankful for that :)
Don’t know how I missed this video. Definitely going to do this to my garage 👍
Do ittttt, I love these lights 👌🏻
@@JordanPayneLV most definitely 👍👍
Great job. I would've placed some down the center as well
Thank you, and thanks for watching, yeah having a rectangle at each parking spot would be great - they are super bright though so if you have it just on the perimeter it works well, if anything I might add some to the back wall where the garage door is in the future
I have 60 or 65 of these same exact lights installed over 3 years ago at my warehouse and they are awsome . Not single one ever blew up yet and they have been on 24 hours since 3 years now ! Awsome lights for fraction of the price .
One thing I am not sure about in your install is the “speaker wire” as you said , you used to power them on to main house wire , not sure how many gauge is that wire you installed , although these are low powered led lights but it takes in full 110v, and I think if u hage them on for longer period of time those wires should short due to heat ! Unless they are high gauge wires to take in 110v!
None the less nice install 👍🏼
Thanks! I do remember that the wire I bought was thicker gauge than the supplied connector, so that made me feel good. I’m glad to hear yours are doing so well, same with mine - no issues yet 👌🏻
@@JordanPayneLV Can I ask where you got the laser from? Sorry If I missed the answer already
@@carlod545 at lowes but they’re pretty easy to find on Amazon too!
@@JordanPayneLV Thanks. could we ask how many inches from the wall you installed your lights?
@@carlod545 I’m not sure exactly but my goal was to ensure that they were centered, I think it was about 14 inches or so
Hahaha I can almost feel your excitement when the lights came on! Looks good man! Gave me so much inspiration as I'm trying to look for lighting for my garage also. With your "perimeter" setup, how's lighting in the center of the garage, for example when you need to work on the cars? I thought you should've replaced that channel with another strip of light for better lighting in the center.
Thanks man, I was excited! The lighting is great for working on cars and the perimeter still works perfect. I could use some more toward the garage door but that’s the only thing I’d change
Curious if the mounting screws are still holding up fine after 3 years. I just bought these and was wondering if those simple screw mount would be good enough.
Still holding up fine, I used double sided tape as well though
Great vid, when soldering you should use Flux paste, makes what you want to do much easier and a better connection. I look forward to this install in my new garage .
Awesome video! How far apart did you mark for the brackets?
I’m sorry man I don’t remember but you’ll have to lay out your lights and make some measurements for yourself. About 3 inches Inward from the outside point of light
the lights are 46" long so I spaced them 23" apart - tip use cardboard from box to make a 23" template to quickly lay them out (from end of first light 11.5", then 23" from then on provides 2 clips per light all spaced perfect)
great video! i'm about to do mine as well and noticed the instructions said not to link a certain amount of lights together. have you had any issues? thanks
Correct, yeah there is some concern with linking many of them together, this is due to the current required and the thickness of the wire and how much power it can take after so much resistance is loaded. The limit of this is vague, some people say they’ve linked up to 6 in a row with no issues.
I can say that I haven’t had any issues at all with my setup and even after accidentally leaving the lights on overnight several times, I’ve had no problems :)
@@JordanPayneLV sweet. How many do you have linked to the light? I have 1 light as well and want to run the lights on the switch. Thanks
@@DFinesse88 that’s why I ran 2 sets of wires through the channel in the garage, I think it’s 4 per set of wires.
@@JordanPayneLV gotcha! Thanks for the fast response
Is there another way of connecting the wires besides soldering?
I wouldn’t trust any other method, twist connectors suck. Soldering isn’t hard, you can do it
Would you say the light is still more white in color than blue? I know when you start to get in that 6000k color it starts to turn bluish. Any thoughts?
Nice video 👍🏼
Hey thanks for watching! I definitely feel that the lights are white rather than blue. If they were 8000k it would be more of a bluish but I’m very happy with the tone of white of these lights. They get a thumbs up from me, and they don’t feel yellow and they also don’t feel blue.
@@JordanPayneLV hi do you know if these lights are dimmable?
They may be if you have a dimmer switch, check the Amazon link in my description and maybe it’ll say something about that in there
@@JordanPayneLV thank you, garage looks super awesome ! really like the lighting placement you did there! how are you liking the lighting output from these lights?
Thanks man, I appreciate you watching! I love them even still, every time I turn them on I’m like “damn, that looks nice” haha
No issues running all 12 lights to one socket?
Nope! To one socket is okay but you need to run separate connections with only 6 lights chained together because the wires inside the lights can’t support the current for more than 6.
Which exact wire did you get?
@@albawdy they had a section at Lowe’s (or Home Depot can’t remember) called “lamp wire” which was a thin gauge wire, and I got three colors. The wires inside the loom of LEDs lights is super thin, so the wire I bought was actually slightly thicker gauge than what came with the Barrina lights
If I want to connect two sets of 6 lights each to a single socket, should I combine the ground wires from both sets and connect them to the screw you showed? And for the connector caps, do I join three wires together: one from the main socket, one from the first set of 6 lights, and one from the second set of 6 lights?
where did you get the laser?
I got it at lowes! Could also find them on Amazon
@@JordanPayneLV care to share a link? I went to Lowe’s last night and could not find one even close to that cheap. Thanks!
@@dragin79 this is the exact one that I bought, maybe they’ve gone up in price since Covid?? Or maybe there was a sale going on when I got mine? Bosch GLL30 30ft Cross-Line Laser Level Self-Leveling with 360 Degree Flexible Mounting Device and Carrying Pouch www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ40TOM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_BWQSV8GHHCE8W11R0EHE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1