I own a small business and am looking to do some re-working of my lighting.
Currently I have 13 T12 (8 foot) two bulb fixtures. They are producing about 1300 lumens per fixture and draw between 150 and 180 watts each (mostly in the awful ballast).
My idea is to replace my current lights with some custom LED fictures. I have 15 2x4ft recessed lights that use 4 T8 bulbs. I am thinking of stripping them down to their shells, chroming the inside and shining LEDs up from the inside to have it reflect back down through the diffuser panel. I would like to build a single power supply to distribute power to all the lights from one location. I figure doing this will result in the best efficiency rather than having a separate power supply for each light.
The LEDs I am looking at are: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Luminus-Devices/SSR-90-W65S-R11-N3102/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMu4Prknbu83y7%2f8aKLsyF9P%2fAgRGaTeU%2fo%3d
They are 1000 lumens each and I would use 2 per fixture. That is way more lumens per fixture than current, but I suspect that the indirect light combined with the diffuser panel will result in a good bit less out of the fixture.
Does this sound like a feasible idea? It is going to be a $2000 USD ish project. I will be making a demo unit for proof of concept but don't want to even spend that money if the idea seems stupid to more experienced electronics enthusiasts.
Currently I have 13 T12 (8 foot) two bulb fixtures. They are producing about 1300 lumens per fixture and draw between 150 and 180 watts each (mostly in the awful ballast).
My idea is to replace my current lights with some custom LED fictures. I have 15 2x4ft recessed lights that use 4 T8 bulbs. I am thinking of stripping them down to their shells, chroming the inside and shining LEDs up from the inside to have it reflect back down through the diffuser panel. I would like to build a single power supply to distribute power to all the lights from one location. I figure doing this will result in the best efficiency rather than having a separate power supply for each light.
The LEDs I am looking at are: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Luminus-Devices/SSR-90-W65S-R11-N3102/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMu4Prknbu83y7%2f8aKLsyF9P%2fAgRGaTeU%2fo%3d
They are 1000 lumens each and I would use 2 per fixture. That is way more lumens per fixture than current, but I suspect that the indirect light combined with the diffuser panel will result in a good bit less out of the fixture.
Does this sound like a feasible idea? It is going to be a $2000 USD ish project. I will be making a demo unit for proof of concept but don't want to even spend that money if the idea seems stupid to more experienced electronics enthusiasts.