Getting different pixel depths from output raster when done in ArcMap versus Arcpy?

Question

When I use 'Plus' in Spatial Analyst to add together two 8-bit unsigned rasters (pixel values 0-100) the output raster is 8-bit unsigned (pixel values 0-200) but when I try and do the same thing running a python script the output is a 32 signed raster (pixel values 0-200) . How can I adjust my code to have the output be an 8-bit raster?

# Import needed modules
import arcpy
from arcpy.sa import *
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")
raster1 = arcpy.Raster("C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\Raster_test\Confidence_2008_56m.tif")
raster2 = arcpy.Raster("C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\Raster_test\Producers_2008_56m.tif")
# Execute Plus
outPlus = Plus(raster1, raster2)
# Save the output 
outPlus.save("C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\Raster_test\script_plus2.tif")

Answer 1

Once you did your analysis you can Copy your output with arcpy.CopyRaster_management. Where you can specify bit depth through the pixel_type arg. For example - arcpy.CopyRaster_management("inrast","outrast","","","-9999", "","","8_BIT")

You can then delete the earlier output to cleanup.