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• TM-21 does not determine traditional life or L* P. k: L% t _3 A: q
“time to failure” of an LED Lighting system5 q( G) F/ w' V6 ]& Q7 ~- s2 e+ ~
– The useful life of an LED system has many
1 N% u! |& f8 ?7 C- X8 ~& `. scomponents that need to be considered & I, x/ f+ b- d% u* L
(lamp, driver, lens, etc.)3 a% ?2 }( u2 F$ d
– LEDs degrade (like all light sources) but for
1 l2 P3 M3 G! v4 ~& mpotentially very long periods of time. Instead
8 A' A5 Q4 O4 g/ Nof outright failure, LEDs will eventually dim / j1 T0 l* r# m
to a point that is too low to serve their
3 a) n0 Q+ J# h* G2 xpurpose ; v# O5 j" U9 F7 w8 e8 Q B, U
• TM-21 does project the lumen maintenance ! b3 T, G M5 V' \; V2 t
of an LED source (package/array/module)" o: v9 T) @8 a1 d( ^8 i! z
….. Which can then be used to project ^' w: `- G% O/ w
the expected lumen output of the source P0 g" Q" r0 \. _
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