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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.)
1 Z) |( D0 Z" s– LEDs degrade (like all light sources) but for
* G9 |9 F8 @6 {/ [; O; Qpotentially very long periods of time. Instead
$ k/ O: i5 Z+ S+ }* S# W# y; K. Sof outright failure, LEDs will eventually dim i3 H e+ I! r: d ]6 Q3 Z
to a point that is too low to serve their 8 _% d6 f5 M% Z5 N+ o! o
purpose 0 p- B. z: h/ r# o
• TM-21 does project the lumen maintenance % w L" ^; {5 ?, ]$ x2 w, p
of an LED source (package/array/module)
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the expected lumen output of the source
$ a1 [' E# b1 U: c, Z5 Oas part of a system (fixture) |
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