Hello!

Does anyone have experience adding LED light strips to their fluorescent light fixture to add additional lighting?

The ones I am interested in have a 6000K temperature, and produce around 550 lumens/foot. I have T5HO light fixture that I'd like to wrap the lights around the inside perimeter. My existing florescent fixture produces 2000 lm, has a 6500K color temperature and is 2 feet long. I'd adhere the strips to the bottom edge so that the strips aren't too close to the fluorescent lamp. I probably won't need an additional 2000lm of light from these strips, so I'm also buying a dimmer.

Is this a good or bad idea? Also, should I purchase strips with a warmer color temperature to balance the cool temperature of my current fluorescent (6500k) fixture? Let me know what you guys think!

Thank you!