Suggestions for new house lights

[Tinman]

Hey everyone,
The crossing was a portable church before we actually got a building so our house lighting was several lights pointed up. Now when we got the building we installed these work lights in the ceiling for house lights. They point down and have a pretty even spread. Now as this works for now we haven't found the need to change them...But we are doubling our worship center next summer and as such I would love to get a permanent solution. Now right now we have a roughly 200' by 100' worship center. It used to be a gym so it wasn't exactly designed for this... We are looking to double the width. So 200' by ROUGHLY 200.' (these are just a estimate) Cost is an issue, I would love to keep the install under 10k.

My question is what do you think would be a good solution for us. Is there a viable RGB(Possibly W if they make a RGBW fixture) solution? Or should We go traditional? If so which fixtures would be best.

Thanks guys!

[Esoteric]

You will have to go traditional. There are a variety of traditional fixtures out there, depending on what style (industrial, traditional, etc). You should be able to come in under $10k.

You will not be able to do an LED solution for under $10k. A 200'x200' room is 40000 sq ft. I have a bid out for a 15000 sq ft and the low end bid is $200000 for equipment with no labor. I have a bid for a 1600 sq ft room at $4000.

Mike

[D.R.HADDOCK]

You will have to use traditional fixtures if finanaces are tight.
I tried many different types of traditional fixtures,
But ended up using high output theatre type T25 lamps
in a traditional type fixture.
I have found that the good quality lamps (philips broadway series)
have a high output, therfore dont need to be run at full output,
so they last a long time, the lamps are now over 18 months old
and I have had only one fail, so economically it has worked out well.
and the room can be lit at any level from soft to intensily bright.
very flexable.