Part 2 Create atmosphere with LED, Båtsystem
December 13, 2024 · 3 min · 272 views
What this video covers
LED lighting for boat interiors is demonstrated aboard a wooden-interior vessel, with focus on Color Rendering Index (CRI) as the key metric for achieving warm, accurate color reproduction below decks. Halogen holds a CRI of 100 and remains the museum standard for true color; early LEDs reached only CRI 60, producing a grey-green cast that damaged the technology's reputation.1:00 Modern LEDs reach CRI 80, but Båtsystem's range includes lamps rated up to CRI 94, which the demonstration shows rendering mahogany woodwork in accurate, warm tones.1:54 LED tape lights mounted behind panels produce homogenous, dot-free indirect light along the hull sides.2:08 Spotlight LEDs — available in 15-, 30-, or 50-degree beam angles — are recessed in the ceiling and aimed at the mahogany table; the reflected light bounces onto the overhead, raising the perceived height of the cabin and creating ambient warmth without direct glare.2:37 Warm-white color temperature combined with high CRI, not color temperature alone, determines whether wood tones read as rich or washed out under artificial light.
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