Damp vs Wet vs Normal Led Shop Lights for barn

[ustmd]

So it is time to replace/improve the lights in the wife's horse barn. It is a metal building with 18 ft ceilings (50 x 30 with roll up doors on either end. Currently, there are home cheapo fluorescent shop lights scattered through out the barn. My wife leaves the roll up doors on either end up almost all of the time, so the barn does see a lot of condensation, occasionally some blowing rain and its fair share of dust.

Most of the existing fixtures are shot and I am going to need to replace them (as well as reposition them for better lighting). I am planning on using LED lights just to save me the effort of climbing a very tall ladder to replace bulbs.

So my question is: should I go with a damp or wet rated fixture for the barn vs a standard shop light?

Thanks.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Price difference ? If in doubt I would lean towards the damp resistant if they were not a lot more money.
Also how are the "regular" one you are looking at made, holes in the top to hook chains on to hang them up, I could see water getting in. If the tops were mostly closed up one would think dripping water not be a issue. Perhaps just careful selection of the style would do well.

 

[mddorange]

I recently replaced the lighting in my horse barn, 36' x 100', with 3 damp rated LED fixtures. Envirolite 4 ft. 6 T8 LED High Bay Light with 2000 Lumens, 5000K, LED Tubes, Model # 206437856. Each fixture produces 12,000 Lumens. They were $129.99 each.

Now it is like daylight in there.