WEDNESDAY 15 February
The Hyperlite light fixture is the small gray object top center in the photo.
The Motor Cities Electric Utilities crew was here today to replace the utility pole in the SE corner of our property, but that work was not directly related to the barn project, and I covered it in a general post for February 01 – 21.
The other thing that happened today was I bought an appliance cord (pigtail) and wired up the Hyperlite outdoor LED fixture that I recently bought on Amazon. This is a 40W, 5,200 Lumen, 5000K integrated LED light fixture. I mounted it above the entry door inside the barn so I could test its intensity and beam spread. Besides possible use on the outside of the barn, I was planning to use these fixtures for interior lighting along the outside edges of the RV bays. They come in 60W and 100W versions, but I will use more of the lower wattage / lower lumen units for better, more even coverage.
The Hyperlite light fixture has two parts with a hinge design that allows them to be separated for installation. This is the base unit of the light fixture mounted to a framing member above the entry door. The WAGO lever-nut connectors have been installed on the pigtail power cord. It has the weathertight seal that goes between the two parts. The lamp head is adjustable from 0 (straight down) to 90 degrees (straight out) and contains the electronic module and wires for connecting to the incoming power. The base unit has five (5) access holes with weathertight plugs for getting power into and out of the box. It has provision for mounting screws in the back and a built-in bubble level to aid in the installation. It’s listed on Amazon as a commercial unit, and the construction appears to merit that description.
The lamp head has been set onto the hinge pins of the base and the wires connected via the WAGO lever-nuts.
I finally got a chance to test the 12,000 Lumen light fixture at night. It made a LOT of light!
One of the Barrina 2’ LED strip lights lit up the area under the stairs quite nicely.
In addition to the 12,000 Lumen ceiling light fixture, and the light over the entry door, I bought two Barrina 2’ LED strip lights from Amazon to test. These are 20W, 2,500 Lumen, 5000K integrated LED fixtures that I plan to use for the ceiling lighting in the shop and storeroom. (They also have a 4’, 40W, 5,000 Lumen version.) For testing purposes , however, I mounted one of these under the stairs/landing, where it will likely remain. They came with plug-in power cords, so I used one to plug the fixture into an extension cord with multiple receptacles. They also come with pigtail cables for direct wiring (via an outlet box) and 4’ connector cables, that allow them to be connected end-to-end, only requiring one power feed to an entire string of fixtures.
The is the large/west RV bay at night. With nothing in the bay, the 12,000 Lumen ceiling fixture by the entry door lights up the entire space surprisingly well. The two strip lights under the stairs are also on, and the Hyperlite light over the entry door is probably also on.
This photo was taken from the right/east RV bay door. The main light source is the Hyperlite fixture on the wall above the entry door. The light under the stairs is from one of the Barrina 2’ LED strip lights.
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