T8 LED Lighting for Painting Studio

I’m a professional painter who typically does paintings in the 5’ or 6’ square size range. My studio has 9 1/2’ ceilings. I’m thinking of using your 5000K, CRI 95, R9 4ft LED tube lights and your $85.- 4ft shop-light fixture. I have a few questions.

How does that sound? I can of course adjust the length of the chains I use when hanging the fixture from the ceiling, and move the painting on my easel more under the light or further back.

The installation as described sounds like a terrific option for illuminating your canvas! As a further note, we can confirm that the BR30 lights can conveniently fit within clamp fixtures for directional lighting. 

Does your reflector fixture sound best for me (angled slightly away towards the canvas surface so as not to come in my eyes as I observe the painting from a distance) ? or would you recommend your fixture with the diffuser cover? 

Unless the prismatic diffusion of the light output is required for your installation, we would likely recommend the LED-Ready T8 Tube Light Fixture - Strip Fixture with Reflector. 

Does the diffuser fixture (# 4501) reduce the light output a lot? Does it affect the CRI or R values? 

We can confirm that the prismatic lens will cause a ~10% transmission drop in the total lumens being output, though this transmission reduction is not expected to affect the CRI or R values. 

I wasn’t able to see R values for Northlux 95 CRI BR30 bulbs (#4011.5). Can you provide those? Do you sell a fixture for that bulb? 

We, unfortunately, do not yet have the photometric report available for the 5000K NorthLux™ 95 CRI BR30 LED Bulb for Artwork & Studio, though I expect this report to be uploaded to our website within the near future. 

I see the (#4011.5) bulb is dimmable. How about the Northlux 95 CRI T8 LED Tubes (#4024. bulbs using your (#4502) fixture? Can I dim them with that fixture? If yes, how does dimming affect the CRI and R values of the light?

Generally speaking, our T8 LED Tube Lights are not compatible with dimmable fixtures, and we do sincerely apologize for any impact this may have on your purchase planning. 

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