One of the projects I really wanted to do as soon as possible was to put more lighting in my cold storage. It had one light above the entrance but it extended far enough that not much light was able to reach the end of the room. So the entrance had plenty of light but the end didn't have any. At first I contemplated extending lights off the origins light down to the end but it wouldn't give light to my next project - can storage. The lights would be right above the can storage on the wall resulting in poor lighting to see what cans you are looking for. The only solution was to install lights in the middle of the room so everything was lit. It took 4-5 hours but that's because I'm not a creator but a copier and there weren't any solutions I could find that met my needs so I had to invent my own.
The strip is a grey handy box I found at Home Depot for $0.88 and 1/2" conduit with connectors. I have 12 gauge wiring with basic light housing bought at Lowe's for $1.50 each. I had to drilll through the metal holding up the concrete to create the cold storage using a 3/8" heavy metal bitand a 3/8" bit on a hammer drill to create the holes. Then I screwed concrete anchors where needed. The boxes have a hole where you can drill through and I used a one hole hangar to keep it secured in place. There are two hole but I really didn't want to drill an extra hole that wasn't needed. It is only to hold up a very light conduit so it didn't seem necessary. All in all, I probably spent $40-50 which includes a couple of new drill bits. I'm very pleased with the end result and if I can do it, so can you.
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