Lighting plan review...

[mlo1]

Well, after much reading and some lighting simulation's, here is the lighting plan I have developed. The shops inside footprint is 25x29, with 11' ceilings. There is one work bay with a roll up door, other side is a fabrication and machining area. Walls are matte white and the floor is burnished Legacy HD40 and Cherry wax. The fixtures are 4' & 8'(tandem) Lithonia T8 C 2 32's.


Would appreciate any feedback. My old eyes are needing some relief. Any build hints for ballast etc when ordering the 21 Lithonia 4' fixtures?

TIA

 

[cybrdyke]

You could get no-ballast fixtures and LED tubes instead of the ballasted one.

CD

 

[mlo1]

You could get no-ballast fixtures and LED tubes instead of the ballasted one.

CD

I really wanted to go the LED route, for power savings alone. Two things bothered me though. One, was the stark bluish color spectrum which just did not seem comfortable to my eyes. Two, was how it affected my perception of colors/finishes. Much of what I do involves matching older oem colors and finishes. This could be entirely based on the fact I did not spend a lengthy time working around the LED environments I had visited, maybe one becomes accustomed to the new light spectrum making my observations mute, just not sure. Very subjective no doubt.

 

[pjmariner]

I really wanted to go the LED route, for power savings alone. Two things bothered me though. One, was the stark bluish color spectrum which just did not seem comfortable to my eyes. Two, was how it affected my perception of colors/finishes. Much of what I do involves matching older oem colors and finishes. This could be entirely based on the fact I did not spend a lengthy time working around the LED environments I had visited, maybe one becomes accustomed to the new light spectrum making my observations mute, just not sure. Very subjective no doubt.

It depends on the color temperature. I like the soft white too, I did my shop with 4000k (daylight/soft white) LED's, and the color seems exactly the the same as soft white/daylight florescent i had in the past. may be worth seeing some soft white LED shop lights in person.

 

[cybrdyke]

I really wanted to go the LED route, for power savings alone. Two things bothered me though. One, was the stark bluish color spectrum which just did not seem comfortable to my eyes. Two, was how it affected my perception of colors/finishes. Much of what I do involves matching older oem colors and finishes. This could be entirely based on the fact I did not spend a lengthy time working around the LED environments I had visited, maybe one becomes accustomed to the new light spectrum making my observations mute, just not sure. Very subjective no doubt.

As to the stark blue light, there are many colors available ranging from a very warm yellow-ish white to a very cold blue-ish white. You can get whatever suits you.
As to matching colors, what you should be looking for is a high CRI lamp. These can render colors to be very accurate. Look for something in the 90 CRI range.
CD

 

[mlo1]

I am going to attempt some side by side comparison at local supply houses tomorrow. Surprisingly, the industry does not seem that interested in such marketing.

Thanks for the input.