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• TM-21 does not determine traditional life or
0 |4 c* }, y0 C; [“time to failure” of an LED Lighting system
! E- m! n- O- w$ M' A9 m" \& k7 @: P8 S– The useful life of an LED system has many ( R% k! \) m) s/ |$ `% n0 T
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– LEDs degrade (like all light sources) but for 9 X5 _/ n K& e6 w5 I: q; G
potentially very long periods of time. Instead ! }$ K8 z" Y" M4 U# t: X& B8 g2 ~
of outright failure, LEDs will eventually dim # v3 N. ^( W L' i2 A J( Z6 _; O+ F
to a point that is too low to serve their + I- z+ f% p% a3 G
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• TM-21 does project the lumen maintenance
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….. Which can then be used to project
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as part of a system (fixture) |
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