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• TM-21 does not determine traditional life or
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– The useful life of an LED system has many
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(lamp, driver, lens, etc.)# V( V g" U! h* T" v$ h0 b0 l% E
– LEDs degrade (like all light sources) but for
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of outright failure, LEDs will eventually dim ' b9 |$ Q& s2 I; S3 }
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• TM-21 does project the lumen maintenance 5 p- Y, G/ k* y) T& k0 p5 `
of an LED source (package/array/module)
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the expected lumen output of the source
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