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Install Projector and Electrical System

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Converting My Garage Into a Golf Simulator. SHE'S PISSED!

What happens here

Select a short-throw projector with a high lumen count (at least 3000 lumens are recommended for garage environments) to ensure a bright, clear image on the impact screen without casting player shadows. Mount the projector to the ceiling using a compatible projector mount, carefully following the manufacturer's instructions to determine the optimal distance for screen fill. Perform electrical work to replace an existing ceiling light with a new spotlight, aimed at the hitting area. This allows for darkening the overall enclosure for better projection quality while illuminating the player. Install a new light switch for independent control of the spotlight.

Goal: This step focuses on installing the short-throw projector and modifying the garage's lighting system to optimize the simulation experience. This includes replacing an existing light with a spotlight for the hitting area and rerouting electrical connections.

Tools and materials

  • Drill
  • Electrical Wires
  • Ladder
  • New Light Switch
  • Pliers
  • Projector Ceiling Mount
  • Screwdriver
  • Short-Throw Projector (High Lumen Count)
  • Spotlight
  • Stud Finder

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on this setup right here versus going buying one for like three grand you could spend anywhere between $3,000 and $1,000 is on a projector the two things that you need to be looking for in a projector is number one high Lumin when you have light like this in the garage you need it to be bright enough to display so they're saying at least 22500 is uh lumens but I would say definitely 3,000 cuz this is 3,000 it's not the most expensive and you definitely need that three in there and the second part which is probably the most important part you need it to be a short throw projector what does that mean is if you have this thing mounted in the back of the room here which you can get one for like 150 bucks on eBay you're not going to be able to see what's up here the image is going to be too wide it's going to be too distorted it's going to be terrible not to mention your Shadow is going to be in the way of your simulator a short throw projector like this is something that gets mounted relatively close close to like between 4T and go as far as like 20 ft I'll link this one that I bought I paid 850 bucks for it on Amazon brand new although I was this close to getting one for 400 bucks on eBay so look around this might be one of the very few times I actually choose to read the directions and it happens to be on a mount just for a silly projector [Music] so I'm trying to figure out how far I need to get this thing to fill out the entire screen there's not like a zoom in zoom out so I'm going to make a marking and then set my anchor points so typically I'd like to screw the stuff into the trusses or studs but we don't have that luxury uh at that location so they included these little anchors last thing I want is to have this $900 projector slam on the ground don't screw it up you're on YouTube up next we need to kill these lights and have a spotlight to keep this area as dark as possible so we have the best image quality on the screen and we can see where they're hitting the ball so I need to create a completely separate circuit I'm going to kill that light put a spotlight that I can angle straight on my driving pad and then put in a light here what does that mean we have to do that means we have to go in attic I hate the Attic oh this fancy pocket these are the aiot work pants M4 rebar literally the only work pants that I wear I got a 10% off Link in description go check them out trust me you're not going to regret this [Music] probably helps if I took the plastic…

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