@jini5 posted:Anthony, went back and reread your post about installing your lights. Now I am assuming those are too bright since you have them upside down pointed at the ceiling. Are you looking for something to wrap around the fixture to dim it down? Are those dimmable (dont remember when iI installed mine in the garage) .
There are two main reason why they are upside. 1) When my eye catches the LEDs in the tube, I find it jarring. It almost hurts my eyes. Even upside down, I still can see the LEDs, so I'm going to need something to shield my vision. 2) The ceiling helps diffuse the light through out the room. I find the coolness you mentioned to be very subtle. If I mix them with my GE grow lights (white-white-red), the coolness vanishes and I would say I get more of a 4500k. I'll check on the dimmability tomorrow.
One issue with so much white light is that it gives a very sterile illumination to the layout, which looks great for Intermodal but not so great for everything else. So what I'm thinking is using angled incandescent bulbs (yellow to orange spectral range, medium wattage) to highlight the layout to give both shadow and more of a daylight feel. I'm also hoping this helps with the flicker (which I unfortunately can see).
It's so ironic that you installed the same lights in your garage. What do they say about great minds? Lol.
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