I love watching Mikes facial expressions while Matt talks. Cree lighting is legit. Worked for custom lighting company as a electrical engineer. Only would use Cree in all my projects. Keep it crazy.

Great video, as always. I am a professional lighting designer and the Cree LS fixture is our garage standard. Just a little info, Cree does offer a ‘through wiring’ kit for continuous runs. You can find it on their spec sheet. Let me know if you guys ever need any further lighting info. Happy to run photometry models for you, etc.

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Good info! I'll get the model number. We assumed they did, but I didn't look for it on the order. Thanks!

@ollieincc2772

2 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could do that photometry on Matt’s Yarn Building garage to see where these light levels and evenness ended up in that space?

@sergeynewlayer

Жыл бұрын

do you still work in the industry? we are small auto shop in Michigan, looked for some help with the lighting. Any chance to get in touch with you?

Really glad to see that you guys are getting this ball rolling! One note I will add for any beginners with 0-10v is that the Lutron PowPak does not provide the 10VDC. This is provided by the Drivers themselves. The Lutron Powpak will actually sink the voltage as it dims, essentially dragging that 10VDC voltage to 0 at 0% light level. I mainly bring this up for anyone that may have to troubleshoot a faulty driver or bad wiring. If you run into issues with your 0-10V verify your positive and negative wires and ensure they are landed correctly. If the wires are disconnected from the PowPak and the 0-10V wiring is Open then the lights will be full bright. If you short the 0-10V wires or have their polarity reversed, then the lights will be stuck at low end. Best of luck to anyone doing this. I work in the lighting industry and these Cree fixtures are on an entirely different level for anyone that wants to bring up Barinas (or insert other Amazon brand here). The quality of light is outstanding. Pairing this with the Lutron Vive system is a great move for ease of use and a solid system for lighting control!

Another great informative video. We had light calibration boxes when I worked at a newspaper that had high cri and temperature controlled lighting. These boxes were thousands of dollars to light a small card table. Now you have higher quality controllable lights in the entire garage. OG will look even better from now on.

The vids of just you, Matt, or just Mike are great yet I dig the dynamic of these where you guys knock it out together. Great setup!

These are exactly what I have been envisioning for my detail bay inside my shop! I've been waiting patiently for this day to become reality. I'll definitely submit some of my plans to get some stuff ordered soon!

Magic work, love the depth of information.

Mike needs his own show on HGTV

Loving the content. You guys should take a hard look at the Wago 221 electrical connectors instead of using the outdated wire nuts. Keep these amazing videos coming.

@Cmikul25g

2 жыл бұрын

Wago's are def the OG way.,

@johnwalters878

2 жыл бұрын

Wago’s are garbage if you are using stranded wire.

@jyeom

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnwalters878 is there something better than wire nuts for stranded wire that you would recommend?

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

We were using some FCP or something like that.

@MikeFigueira

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObsessedGarage F4P push-in connectors.

Are you or a sales rep using a lighting photometric software to get the right layout and lumen output? if not its a good idea, you can pull your floor plan in and use the .ies files of the light fixture and get pretty good visualization of the foot candles you'll be getting. Looks good, nice layout.

Mike F is the Mr. Rodgers of the trades. Always so encouraging and confident of Matt and others.

I've been waiting for this one for a long time!

Love the way the light looks! Really looking forward to buying them off the OG site. How many feet apart do you guys have the rows? I may have missed that in the video. Apologies if I did.

Hi Matt, I discovered you’re Flickr about a month ago now and been obsessed with the beautiful pictures of your cars especially the LeMans E92 and I was wondering if there is any possibility you could take some pictures of your current cars in Iphone wallpaper size? Would be darn awesome! Greets Jens.

Loving the Mike content. The bromance of 2022!

I'm considering these compared to the commercial shop lights offered by American Green Lights which are high CRI (Ra-92-95). Both seem like great options, so I'll definitely research them further.

reflection on cars on point looks like a legit showroom for cars

Hey Matt, The new lights are awesome The look and the engineering especially the cabling. And you’re right lighting is very important You mentioned you were recently at a Costco A while back when I was deciding between Sam’s Club and Costco one of the big deciding factor was the lighting Sams clubs Lighting was terrible like a old warehouse where as Costco‘s lighting was bright friendly and nice place to be and I’d be willing to bet that didn’t happen by accident have a good one as always.

So from a service standpoint it’s actually quite easy to remove the LED bezel if you need to replace it that’s nice!

How long before you have them on your site?

Not yet link for the lighting package?

Is 5K the best color temp for detailing?

Matty, I think it’s time for a scissor lift rental for Mike F when he does this sort of stuff, not sure if switch tracks will hold the weight though?

Great! 👍

I need a Mike in my life.

When selecting an 8 foot fixture there's an option for 8,000 lumen and 12,000 lumen. Which should I select for a normal 2 car garage with 9' ceilings give or take.

@ObsessedGarage

9 ай бұрын

For a normal two car garage, the 8,000 lumen fixtures will suffice.

Wow, I been waiting for something like this for my home garage! cant wait to buy them! So many cheap lights out there, lighting is so important in detailing! I wish u guys had a store in Canada already! Shipping plus money exchange can put a dent in the pockets lol. But honestly I rather buy it right once then chase some cheap lights and then spending money more down the road!

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

When you guys open up the country, I'm there.

@louie176

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrose7381 do you have a link?

@louie176

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObsessedGarage lol gotta love canada.

@stephenleach4808

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObsessedGarage The country is open, so I am not sure why this statement keeps getting repeated? Lots of Americans travelling up to Canada right now.

@louie176

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenleach4808 In his podcast he said he not vaccinated and doesn't believe in it.

Does 1-4’ Cree = 1-4 light 4’ old OG figure in light output?

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

It's about half the output of a 4 bulb.

Matt when we gonna be able to get it on the site ?

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Contact Design@obsessedgarage.com and they can get you setup with CREE

Nice, what are the regulations in regard to installing electrical equipment like sockets, cabling, circuit breakers, switches, etc in the US? Do you need to be a qualified electrician or can any layman do it?

@hotbod4you

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the state and municipality

@utbigpapa

2 жыл бұрын

In the US, the homeowner can do work on their house, usually without a permit. The homeowner's best friend can NOT legally do so without a permit/certification. I assume most people don't follow this. If you are replacing an existing fixture, you can do most anything. If you are adding Romex to extend an existing circuit like adding a switch or moving the fixture 12 inches, it must be to current code, or hire an electrician to certify what they did was to code. Often times, to code means running a new line to the breaker or installing a new type of breaker. New breakers will trip if your house wiring is set based on older code statutes like shared neutrals. I also assume most people don't follow this either. 😀

I generally feel you get what you pay for, but the Cree units are far too expensive, especially given the multiple other very good options out there. Over $150 for a 4 foot LED strip is a far too much. Particularly for enthusiast garage use. That said, I do like the fact you feature the most quality products. Thanks. PS - - just saw a 4 footer on line with a price of $450!!!

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

What? There are no decent lights for $150.

I’m confused on the dimming wires. I understand how they work but am confused on what wire is needed and how they should be wired. Very conflicting answers for 0-10v. Here, Mike appears to wire them inside the light/“box” with the high voltage wires. Not sure what rated cable he is using. I just went back to Matt’s home garage and Perry very much says that low voltage wire has to be wired outside of the high voltage box except for the rare exception when the box has a divider, which it does not appear that these lights do. I’ve seen all sorts of answers online saying you can use cl2 thermostat wire or alarm wire, some use cl3 wire rated at 300v, Perry used Ethernet cable, some say you have to use 600v rated wire like romex. Obviously codes differ state to state but a bit of clarity would be appreciated!

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

You can use any time of wire. Cat5/6, stranded, solid.

@gearbear1993

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the wires are rated for the same electrical insulation value like mike does, then theres no issue. if you wanted to run a thermostat wire or somthing with a lower rating is when they need to be separated like perrys installation

@deefan11

2 жыл бұрын

@@gearbear1993 that’s the over all consensus I have found. But finding 18 gauge wire (or close) rated for 600 volts has proven mostly unsuccessful

I heard a lot of “it’s easy” and “this is simple” and “anyone can do this”. I’m like … I must be an absolute moron because I don’t get any of it. Junction, cables, mounting, circuit, wires, cutters, controllers … ummm …… yeah, no. I’d rather just pay someone to do all this stuff. I do like the lighting, though. Seems VERY versatile and cost effective. AND it just looks badass. These will look a bit weird with my garage ceiling being sloped at an angle but I’m sure it’ll be fine. I was going to do the LED can lights but I’d need so many and I mean, it’s a garage. I have a funky garage, it’s a two car but only has a single car roll up door. So it’s basically a 1 car garage with space for a shop or storage. Because it’s sloped, the ceiling is 13’ at the front and 9’ at the back. No water hookup or plumbing BUT it has a drain on the outside lol … still, right now it has just (four) regular light outlets with high output LEDs. It’s dim, to say the least.

What a big difference from your first lightning venture what 4 years ago? Live and learn I say. As many have mentioned in the comments, a photometric diagram will help you get the most out of your lights, and help evenly light every square inch of the shop. I have my own automotive repair shop, and the two best investments I ever made was my lifts (style, type functionality is key) and lighting.

What are the issues with the ZRs?

@ObsessedGarage

2 жыл бұрын

When surface mounted, they need a giant 6" deep box.

Occupancy sensors would make this even better

cree should have made daisy chaining these lights together much easier than having to run a set of wires through to each section. no matter what controller the end user decides to use.

Yeah the Wego 221s would be nice to have….

How many times has Jeff walked in on a video while holding a soda?

I purchased a total of 12 LED fixtures (5000k) from Lowe's for about $50 per fixture. These were also 4' fixtures. I put three fixtures per bay in my 3 car garage with it's 13' ceilings. Each bay has it's own switch, so I can control the lights by sets of four. The light output is fantastic and the color temperature is perfect for a garage. I couldn't be happier with my lighting and I installed it six years ago when my house was being built. I do everything from car detailing to mechanical work in my garage and I've never wanted more lighting.

@ianmorado8865

2 жыл бұрын

Care to share the brand? Model?

@chevyfan029

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is useless without an MPN

@Japplesnap

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianmorado8865 Unfortunately, Lowe's doesn't carry them anymore. I had them bookmarked on my phone, but about a year ago I was going to recommend them to a friend, but that's when I noticed they were no longer on the website. I do know that they are the Utilitech brand. That much I remember. They are all white metal casings, no pull chains (which is okay because mine are hard wired), double circular frosted diffusers with no shrouds. Very clean look and sits flush against the ceiling. If I ever see them again, I'm going to buy a few more for my basement utility room.

@Japplesnap

2 жыл бұрын

@@chevyfan029 Like I mentioned, Lowe's doesn't carry them anymore. But there are other good options available. In my opinion, you just need a decent lumen rating and you want around 5000k color temp in a garage. That's pretty close to daylight and works very well in a garage.

@Japplesnap

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrose7381 It's a manufacturer part number.

Who knew I'd see the day when people were even LS swapping your lights

35:58 "wrong room"

Pricing?

@utbigpapa

2 жыл бұрын

Vive costs $1600. The Lutron bridge costs $80. You could also install Zwave switches for the same price and have more functionality.

next video Matty will start yelling alexa cut that part out of the video Ha,ha... Matt you are very close to having flirt with alexa

You had one job Matt. First upside down, then bits on the back. Maybe stick to the design and organization.

Why would you need dimming capabilities in a garage? Seems like a waste of money.

@ObsessedGarage

7 ай бұрын

I dim mine all the time. Having head room for detailing is important, but I don't want the lights at full brightness all the time.