Cree® XLamp® ML-E T8 Reference Design

Rounds 5 and 9 of CALiPER testing included a series of SSL products that are marketed as replacements for linear fluorescent lamps. … Testing of SSL and benchmark fluorescent products in Rounds 5 and 9 all concluded that SSL linear replacement lamps are not yet suitable as one-for-one replacement for linear fluorescent lamps. SSL linear replacement lamps tested so far do not provide the light output and efficacy levels of the linear fluorescent lamps they aim to replace and have narrower light distribution requiring closer spacing of luminaires.


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