Spray booth lighing question...

[solekeeper]

In need of change for the lights in my booth, looking for something a little better terms or brightness..I know it can't be too bright, being that it might throw off some colors etc..



Any ideas?

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

For a booth, color temp and lumen output is not necessarily as important as the CRI of the tubes you're using; you should be looking for as close to a CRI of 100 as you can find in a fluorescent tube... I've personally seen 93 and 94 CRI, I'm sure there are probably some out there that are even better but I'd wager a bet they're extremely expensive.

 

[solekeeper]

Thanks for that bit of info! What is CRI?

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

CRI refers to Color Rendering Index:



Color Rendering Index (CRI) Explained



Color Rendering Index (CRI) High Color Output Light Bulbs

 

[solekeeper]

thanks!! will be reading that up!

 

[solekeeper]

charles, or anyone else, I saw that my bulbs today that were from my booth were 34W... I didn't see anything regarding Kelvin temp nor CRI.



Does anyone know where would sell the appropriate bulbs?

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

34W describes the wattage of the bulbs; does it say anything else on them, T12, T8, T5...?

 

[solekeeper]

It says L8.

 

[solekeeper]

bumppp! anyone else?