LED Lights Sculpture Studio Lighting

For rough lumens needs we used 18’ x 18’x 18’ and set the brightness between art creation and fine industrial. I get roughly 31,000 lumens needed. Which amount could be supplied by four 16-foot rolls of 

6500K FilmGrade™ WHITE LED Strip Lights. Which with power supplies and hard-wired dimmers and aluminum mounting strips and diffuser covers would cost for four approximately $1,000. 

“I’m a little confused about this. Is the suggestion that we use LED strip lights as our main artificial lighting source? I've only ever seen strip lights used for ambient lighting (i.e. walkways for movie theaters and airplanes, under cabinets, decorative).

And so can we use LED strips to light our room? Or is the inverse square drop in intensity going to reduce the available lumens too much from such a small point source? (Obviously, that’s a throwback to high school physics).

Also is there an advantage to using the 24-volt as against the 12-volt? We are not using solar. We are using 120V AC.

While hallways and under-counter lighting are common uses for LED Strip Lights, we can confirm that many of our customers have chosen to use LED Strip Lighting for studio spaces. 

That said, we also offer several other products such as the LED-Ready T8 LED Fixtures and NorthLux™ 95 CRI T8 LED Tube for Art & Studio installations where easily replaceable light sources and dedicated fixtures are preferable. These flicker-free lights are available in both 5000K and 6500K, which are popular for studio and photo capture installations. 

Regarding the lumen requirements, it does appear that four reels of the LED Strip Lights would meet the 61 feet of required product to meet the ~30,000-lumen recommendation. 

We have attached a link to a blog post below regarding the benefits of a 24V system over a 12V system, in the hopes that it proves to be helpful. In short, the primary benefit is that 24V LEDs can accommodate longer linear runs (16.4 ft for 12V, 32.8 ft for 24V).

Advantages of a 24V LED system vs 12V

In your most recent email, you referenced powering via solar panels. As far as we are aware, solar panels would provide the same AC power as our power supplies are designed to intake. As such, we would expect our products to function properly when using solar panels, though we would recommend checking with solar experts to confirm precise fixture and voltage compatibility. 

Though we do not have direct experience in lighting sculpture studios, we would be more than happy to assist with any additional product or configuration questions that you might have. 

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