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Originally Posted by Lottoguy
If you're not getting any light in the garage then put a solar tube in there. Chances are later you might have a work bench in there or a freezer. DO NOT put in any in the bedrooms, they will disturb nap time which many our age take. The bathroom or the kitchen is always a good idea.
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I love SolaTubes and had four in my first home in The Villages. However, each one costs around, what, $800 installed? After I had two installed in my huge dark living room, I could read in there in the daytime without having to turn on a light. However, would I have one installed in my garage? No. I seldom have a light on in the garage, and the amount of electricity from lighting that I use there costs only a few cents per month, so a SolaTube isn’t cost effective. However, I did have bright LED 18”x48” fixtures surface mounted on the garage ceiling and hardwired. Four of them installed cost about the same as one SolaTube. The lighting is great over my work bench as well as elsewhere, and they work at night as well as in the daytime.