I picked up 4 blacklight bulbs from Lowes last night and experimented with them. I have 2 deep garage bays in my shop with 4 dual 48" bulb fixtures per bay. So first I pulled all the white bulbs and installed the 4 blacks in the 2 center fixtures of the bay that has my games. Very cool lighting effect of course (and that's without blacklight carpet at this point). I think between the light from the games and a complete set of black bulbs (4 more) the lighting will be more than adequate.
However, given that I won't always have the games on and at those times will probably want brighter (regular) light for working on games or whatever, I tried alternating white and black. Didn't like it a bit. The black bulbs just didn't seem to add anything at that point.
So the dilemma is, how to provide good lighting for both scenarios? Should I install extra florescent fixtures on a different circuit (or at least have pull chains)? Should I install standard light fixtures of some sort?
I'd love to get the input of those who have gone before me.
However, given that I won't always have the games on and at those times will probably want brighter (regular) light for working on games or whatever, I tried alternating white and black. Didn't like it a bit. The black bulbs just didn't seem to add anything at that point.
So the dilemma is, how to provide good lighting for both scenarios? Should I install extra florescent fixtures on a different circuit (or at least have pull chains)? Should I install standard light fixtures of some sort?
I'd love to get the input of those who have gone before me.
