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I just put these in my sugarhouse, got them off Amazon, waterproof LEDs 4’ long and had them installed in about an hour.
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I just put these in my sugarhouse, got them off Amazon, waterproof LEDs 4’ long and had them installed in about an hour.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0789HRZR9..._JYanEbD12G9QA
These have been working great so far. At $20 a pop they are hard to beat. I only have them mounted temporarily while I remodel the sugarhouse but have been more than please. Plus I still have two more to add, and as mentioned, shadows and dark corns are no fun.
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Mead Maple "It's for the kids..."
Paul Cerminara
2019 - First season ever
-Goal: 3 gallons
-Season Total: 7.5 gallons - pulled taps after running out of firewood and time
2020
Built 2'x8' Oil Fired with Thor drop flue pans
-Goal: 20 gallons
-Season Total: 55 gallons
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took me a little while to choose what i wanted for lighting. I didnt want traditional lights, nor did i want to be able to see any wiring. This is what i came up with.
These are a little hard to see since they are lit up in the pictures, but I wanted an old timey look and went with a barn style ceiling light. I have 8 of them with LED Bulbs in my 16'x24' shack, and they light it up nicely. I think they were $25 each on sale.
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16x24 Old School Sugar House
Mason 2x3 Evaporator
Kubota BX sap hauler
2018 - 8 taps on buckets
2019 - building the shack...just 1 tap
2020 - Today ... 25 taps on buckets
We went with 8' shop light fixtures setup to use 4 4' bulbs. They helped keep the bulbs in line and easier to hand for us. If 4' shop light fixtures work better you can use those.
Then head over to Amazon and get these bulbs:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
AND these tombstones:
https://smile.amazon.com/Non-Shunted...Z57BF98A5M1YQZ
These bulbs are great. We used them in our evaporator area and kitchen. I also have them in my shop in my garage. However if you seek high bay lights you have another option, which was an awesome deal in VT and NH using rebates.
This is similar to what I used in the garage area of the sugarhouse and my repair area of my garage and can recommend them:
https://www.beeslighting.com/LHB-160...SABEgJ5SfD_BwE
Mike
Tapping since 1985 (four generations back to early to mid 1900s). 200-250 taps on buckets and then tubing in the mid 90s. 2013- 275 taps w/sap puller 25 gal. 2014-295 taps w/sap puller 55 ga. (re-tapped to vacuum theory) 2015-330 taps full vac. 65 gal, 2016-400 taps 105 gal, 2017-400 taps 95 gal. 2018-additional 800' mainline and maybe 400 new taps for a total near 800 taps. 2x6 Leader WSE (last year on it) supported by a 250 gph RO.
I just put one of these in my basement and they are great. Thinking about putting a couple in my sugar house. You can direct the light to where needed.
https://www.amazon.com/Deformable-Da...03500669&psc=1
110 taps W.F Mason 2x3 and two turkey friers for finishing
2011 expanding to a Mason 2x4 with a blower increasing taps to about 200
2011 Hurricane Irene rips thru my small sugar bush cost me to lose 20% of taps
2014 I have reworked my lines for 2014
32 taps on 5/16 line with check valves
57 taps on 3/16 line with check valves
55 buckets with total tapped trees of 144
i like those barn style lights , ducxsterdoo . Do you recall where you bought them?
I got them at LampsPlus (https://www.lampsplus.com/products/u...ht__4j462.html) ... but they don't look to be on sale right now. Like I mentioned, I paid only $25 each for them.
-craig
16x24 Old School Sugar House
Mason 2x3 Evaporator
Kubota BX sap hauler
2018 - 8 taps on buckets
2019 - building the shack...just 1 tap
2020 - Today ... 25 taps on buckets
Mead Maple "It's for the kids..."
Paul Cerminara
2019 - First season ever
-Goal: 3 gallons
-Season Total: 7.5 gallons - pulled taps after running out of firewood and time
2020
Built 2'x8' Oil Fired with Thor drop flue pans
-Goal: 20 gallons
-Season Total: 55 gallons
16x24 Old School Sugar House
Mason 2x3 Evaporator
Kubota BX sap hauler
2018 - 8 taps on buckets
2019 - building the shack...just 1 tap
2020 - Today ... 25 taps on buckets