1.1 About Luxul Technology
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Do Luxul Technology products work without ballasts? |
No. While Luxul products interface with almost any ballast, they still require one that functions. | |
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Are Luxul Technology products Title 24 compliant? |
Yes! Luxul Technology proudly meets California and Washington state Title 24 requirements. | |
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Is it possible to mount and install Luxul Technology products upside down or sideways? |
Luxul Technology products can be mounted in any orientation. | |
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What are the beam angles of Luxul Technology products? |
Luxul Technology’s T5 products have a 260° angle. T8 products have a 300° angle. | |
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Is it possible for Luxul Technology products and other products be mixed on the same circuit? |
Generally yes, although we strongly encourage using Luxul Technology products across a circuit. | |
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What is the guarantee that Luxul Technology products carry? |
Luxul Technology guarantees products for 5 years/50,000 hours. Please note this does not apply to fixtures, ballasts, or other components not manufactured by Luxul Technology. | |
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Do Luxul Technology products contain any harmful substances? If so, what? |
None. Luxul Technology uses lead-free solder and other non-hazardous substances for construction. | |
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When Luxul Technology products have reached EOL (end of life), how do I dispose of them? |
Simply
put them in your recycling bin. Luxul Technology lamps do not contain
mercury, and are safe to recycle. Luxul tubes can easily be separated,
with each component sent through its’ respective recycling process.
Nevertheless, always contact your local recycling center and confirm
that they are able to take in LED tubes. Here are a couple of links
to help you dispose of your Luxul Technology tubes:
Earth911.com 1-800-recycling.com |
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2.1 About LED Lighting
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What is an LED? |
LED is an acronym for light emitting diode. |
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Why are LED tubes more efficient than fluorescent tubes? |
LED’s
are more efficient than the other types of light bulbs because very
little energy is wasted while creating light. Traditional fluorescent
tubes use electricity to heat the enclosed gas to produce light. The
heat created is wasted energy. The process that LED tubes use to create
light wastes miniscule amounts energy converting electricity or emitting
heat. |
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How is the brightness of LED light measured? |
The brightness of an LED bulb is measured in lumens, as opposed to watts, which is what many people are used to. | |
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What is the difference between wattage and lumens? |
Wattage
refers solely to the amount of energy required to create light from
a bulb. For example, a 75-watt bulb requires less energy than a 100-watt
bulb. Interestingly enough, the amount of watts used does not relate
to the brightness. |
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What is the range of brightness? |
For Luxul Technology products, brightness can range from 800 lumens on a 2’ tube, to 4675 lumens for a T5 High Output, 5-foot tube. For reference, 1000 lumens would be roughly the equivalent of a traditional 100W incandescent bulb. | |
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What is CCT? What is the difference between “warm white” and “cool white”? |
CCT is an acronym for Correlated Color Temperature. Color temperature, which is measured in Kelvin (K), is a way to characterize spectral properties of a light source. | |
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So who and what is Kelvin? |
The
Kelvin scale and Kelvin temperature are named after William Thomson,
1st Baron Kelvin, who was a the British physicist and engineer of the
late 19th and early 20th century. He researched the need to have an
“absolute thermometric scale.” 3000K |
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What is CRI? |
CRI
is an acronym for Color Rendering Index. It is calculated by comparing
the color rendering of the test source to that of a perfect source.
Theoretically, the only perfect source of light in the world is the
sun, which has the highest CRI achievable - 100. |
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What is the formula to figure out how much I’ll save with LED lights? |
You
can determine how much you would save on energy using Luxul Technology
products vs. traditional fluorescent tubes by using this equation: |
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What
is LED resistance? How does it act? |
Remember, unlike conductor materials, LEDs are semiconductors. What this means is that they don’t have one fixed resistance; they have varying resistances. The current flowing in an LED is an exponential function of voltage across an LED, meaning that a small change in extra voltage can result in large change of current. | |
2.2 Ballast-Related Questions
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What happens if the existing ballast fails? |
The installation manual has a list of recommended ballasts that are compatible with Luxul Technology LED tubes. You can replace the ballast with one from the list, although most e-ballasts on the market are compatible with Luxul tubes too. Please contact Luxul Technology customer service for further information. | |
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What is the average life span of a ballast? |
50,000 hours, which 6 years for 24/7 operation, 15 years for 12/5 operation.If Luxul LED tubes are used, the full life span would become 30 years for 12/5 operations. | |
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If fluorescent tubes are replaced with Luxul LED tubes, what would be the impact on the ballast life span? |
Luxul LED tubes would double the life span of the ballasts. So for instance, if the remain life span is 10,000 hours, changed to Luxul LED tubes would make the remaining life span of the ballast extend to 20,000 hours, which is about 6 years for 12/5 operatons. | |
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What if the ballast is broken? |
Luxul would suggest to replace with a new ballast. | |
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Could I get a free replacement of the ballast if it is broken? |
Yes, we would offer a free replacement of the ballast if the existing ballast is broken. | |
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There is some product which integrates the internal driver inside the tube. The tube is basically plug-n-play, but when the ballast is broken, users could just bypass the ballast and the internal driver could function and make the tube keeps working. What is your comment on this product? |
There are three major concerns for this kind of product.
1) If the ballast should fail, and the internal driver is in charge, the light output of the this lamp would be different from other existing lamps. Because the specs of the internal driver must be different from the existing ballasts. Such non-uniformity lighting would be un-acceptable for most customers.
2) When old ballasts fail, customers still need to re-wire and bypass the ballasts. In that case, why not just replace the failed ballast with good ballast?
3) External ballast/driver is much more reliable than internal driver. Because the heat generated inside the tube will hurt the life span of the LEDs and the internal driver per se.
4) Due to the bulky overhead of the internal driver, the beam angle of such kind of tube would be 180 degree or less. No way to be close to Luxul’s 300 degree beam angle.
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2.3 How much energy and money can I save with a Luxul LED light tube
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For each Luxul Technology T8 4ft. EazyLux used, how much money can I expect to save on my |
energy bill per year if it is operated 12 hours a day, 5 days a week? | |
The wattage
of a Luxul Technology E-Lux T8 4ft LED tube is about half of what a fluorescent
tube uses, which is about 16W for a 32W fluorescent tube. The formula
to compute the kilowatt/hour (kWh) savings per year would be as follows: 16W * 12 * 5 * 52 = 49920 At $0.20/kWh, the annual electricity cost savings would be about $10.00/tube. |
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Do Luxul tubes qualify for EnergyStar rebates? |
Unfortunately, Linear LED tubes are not in scope of Energy Star Lamps standard; thus, no T5 and T8 on the market can be certified by Energy Star at this time. | |
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