What is L70

Time：2015-11-20　Views：3098　Compile：SUNPER

To fully understand what is L70, it is important to first understand some things such as the following. To start with, the building regulations are very important which you should never ignore whatsoever. This is simply because your safety mainly depends on them and hence they must be followed up to the end. To ensure this, all aspects of building them must meet the standards that are set by the authorities and lighting is among them.

If a room is not lit well, it can be very dangerous especially to those inside it. Therefore, the illuminating engineering society commonly abbreviated as IES has introduced measures in order to promote both safety and quality in the lighting industry. The LEDs efficiency can be measured by the lumen maintenance and L70 is among the standards set by the IES.

The most important thing is to know that the lumen maintenance measures the light produced by the light source when it was a brand new. It also compares it with its light output at a certain time in the future. Therefore, any light source that emits one thousand lumens when new and seven hundred lumens after fifty thousand hours of usage, the lumen maintenance is usually 70 percent at fifty thousand hours. This means that it has an L70 at fifty thousand hours.

L70 is the most widely used lumen maintenance regardless of the lumen maintenance ratings of L50, L80 as well as L90. L70 is widely used because the human eye is not able to detect the difference in the lights output till it has reduced by about thirty percent. L70 of 50,000 hours is the current average rating for the domestic LED products. However, it is good to know they will last for how long for an average user. To put this into perspective, the Somerset council fitted the first LED street lights in the United Kingdom. They have a lifespan of 60,000 hours or around 16 years of use if they are used on an average of 10 hours per day.

The highlights usually show how the LED products are energy efficient. Therefore, next time you are buying some of them, you should always compare the L70 ratings. This will help you to maximize the energy efficiency. It is also important to notice that the better the L70 rating it is, the longer the LEDs products will light your home and hence a safe standard. This according to the current regulations and thus they are highly recommended. They will also help you to understand better what L70 means.

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