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• TM-21 does not determine traditional life or $ c: E; m2 O( T% X
“time to failure” of an LED Lighting system
T$ r) l4 L0 Z7 ^* {% ?3 Z& o2 J– The useful life of an LED system has many
; d: t* M5 m# x0 q# J8 Vcomponents that need to be considered 0 M$ O- I( ^& q( Q" E& r" k1 S
(lamp, driver, lens, etc.)
8 G9 }* |4 h) J* }" G– LEDs degrade (like all light sources) but for
' ]/ H5 O, h/ C6 D7 M% B# opotentially very long periods of time. Instead ( _5 F3 |5 T6 G1 {
of outright failure, LEDs will eventually dim 9 q4 ~8 L, y9 Z2 V# s7 @4 W
to a point that is too low to serve their ( }' o1 k( |3 h7 k
purpose 2 m' Q+ v) Q( k& T) Z
• TM-21 does project the lumen maintenance
T* X5 p" y: E3 s& k; Sof an LED source (package/array/module)
" E' P6 a. l0 q- u….. Which can then be used to project
6 H* b: O, Q( S1 n, h" v6 Dthe expected lumen output of the source 2 Y4 K4 I8 v" x
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