Proled from Finland presents herewith a 1 m ledstrip with 60 leds per m, tested on 12 V DC. The measurements from OliNo show that the lamp emits a warm white (close to neutral white) light with a color temperature of 3206 K. The lamp consumes 5.3 W and has a luminous flux of 380 lm. This results in an efficacy of 72 lm/W. The lamps energy category label is A.

This article shows the measurement results. Many parameters are also found in the Eulumdat file.

See this overview for a comparison with other light bulbs.

Summary measurement data

parameter	meas. result	remark
Color temperature	3206 K	warm white (close to neutral white)
Luminous intensity Iv	127.0 Cd	Measured straight underneath the lamp.
Illuminance modulation index	0 %	Measured with a light sensor looking at the lamp (angle not defined). Is a measure for the amount of flickering.
Beam angle	117 deg	117 deg is the beam angle for the C0-C180-plane (perpendicular to the length direction of the lamp) and 117 deg is the beam angle for the C90-C270 plane, which is along the length direction of the lamp.
Power P	5.3 W	Follow the link for more information on electrical properties.
Power Factor	1.00	The tests were done with a DC power supply. This results in no blind power and as a result the power factor is always 1.0 but not relevant to mention.
THD	NaN %	Total Harmonic Distortion, is not present as a DC voltage was used to power the lamp so a DC current resulted which has no THD.
Luminous flux	380 lm
Luminous efficacy	72 lm/W	Be aware that a DC power supply has been used. The found efficacy with this measurement is excluding the power supply that normally is needed to convert the grid voltage (230 V AC) to the used DC voltage. By excluding the consumption of the power supply the efficay found here is higher than it would be when the power supply had been included.
EU-label classification	A	The energy class, from A (more efficient) to G (least efficient).
CRI_Ra	64	Color Rendering Index.
Coordinates chromaticity diagram	x=0.4270 en y=0.4083
Fitting	12V DC	This lamp needs 12 V DC.
PAR-value	1.1 uMol/s/m2	The number of photons seen by an average plant when it is lit by the light of this light bulb. Value valid at 1 m distance from light bulb.
PAR-photon efficacy	0.6 uMol/s/We	The total emitted number of photons by this light, divided by its consumption in W. It indicates a kind of efficacy in generating photons.
S/P ratio	1.2	This factor indicates the amount of times more efficient the light of this light bulb is perceived under scotopic circumstances (low environmental light level).
L x W x H external dimensions	990 mm x 8 mm x 3 mm	External dimensions of the lamp.
L x W luminous area	984 mm x 3 mm	Dimensions of the luminous area (used in Eulumdat file). The light comes from the area that the leds occupy.
General remarks		The ambient temperature during the whole set of illuminance measurements was 25.3 – 26.5 deg C. The temperature of the housing gets maximally about 21 degrees hotter than ambient temperature. Warm up effect: During the warmup time the illuminance doesn’t vary significantly (< 5 %). During the warmup time the power doesn’t vary significantly (< 5 %). Voltage dependency: There is a constant dependency of the illuminance when the power voltage varies between 10 – 14 V DC. There is a constant dependency of the consumed power when the power voltage varies between 10 – 14 V DC.
Dimmable	no	Info from manufacturer.
Biologic effect factor	0.329	According to pre-norm DIN V 5031-100:2009-06.
Blue Light Hazard risk group	0	0=exempt, 1=low, 2 = moderate, 3=high risk.
form factor	tube/strip
Measurement report (PDF)
Eulumdat file		Right click on icon and save the file.

Overview table

The overview table is explained on the OliNo website.

Please note that this overview table makes use of calculations, use this data with care as explained on the OliNo site. E (lux) values are not accurate, when within 5 x 984 mm (maximal luminous size, eventually diagonally measured)= 4920 mm. Within this distance from the lamp, the measured lux values will be less than the computed values in this overview as the measurements are then within the near field of the lamp.

EU Energy label classification

With the measurement results of the luminous flux and the consumed power the classification on energy efficacy of this lamp is calculated. This information is requested in the EU for certain household lamps, see also the OliNo site that explains for which lamps it is requested, how the label looks like and what information it needs to contain.

Herewith the labels for this lamp in color and black and white.

EU energy label of this lamp

Label in black and white.

The lamp’s performance in the lumen-Watt field, with the energy efficacy fields indicated.

Eulumdat light diagram

This light diagram below comes from the program Qlumedit, that extracts these diagrams from an Eulumdat file. This light diagram is explained on the OliNo site.

The light diagram giving the radiation pattern.

The light diagram indicates the beam in the C0-C180 plane (perpendicular to the length direction of the lamp) and in the plane perpendicular to that, the C90-C270 plane (along the length direction of the lamp).

Illuminance Ev at 1 m distance, or luminous intensity Iv

Herewith the plot of the averaged luminous intensity Iv as a function of the inclination angle with the light bulb.

The radiation pattern of the light bulb.

This radiation pattern is the average of the light output of the light diagram given earlier. Also, in this graph the luminous intensity is given in Cd.

These averaged values are used (later) to compute the lumen output.

Intensity data of every measured turn angle at each inclination angle.

This plot shows per inclination angle the intensity measurement results for each turn angle at that inclination angle. There normally are differences in illuminance values for different turn angles. However for further calculations the averaged values will be used.

When using the average values per inclination angle, the beam angle can be computed, being 117 deg for the C0-C180 plane and 117 deg for the C90-C270 plane.

Luminous flux

With the averaged illuminance data at 1 m distance, taken from the graph showing the averaged radiation pattern, it is possible to compute the luminous flux.

The result of this computation for this light spot is a luminous flux of 380 lm.

Luminous efficacy

The luminous flux being 380 lm, and the consumed power of the lamp being 5.3 Watt, results in a luminous efficacy of 72 lm/Watt.

Electrical properties

The power factor is 1.00. The tests were done with a DC power supply. This results in no blind power and as a result the power factor is always 1.0 but not relevant to mention.

Lamp voltage	12.0 V
Lamp current	0.439 A
Power P	5.3 W
Apparent power S	5.3 VA
Power factor	1.00

Temperature measurements lamp

Temperature image(s).

status lamp	> 2 hours on
ambient temperature	26 deg C
reflected background temperature	26 deg C
camera	Flir T335
emissivity	0.95
measurement distance	0.3, 1 m
IFOVgeometric	0.136 mm per 0.1 m distance
NETD (thermal sensitivity)	50 mK

Color temperature and Spectral power distribution

The spectral power distribution of this light bulb, energies on y-axis valid at 1 m distance.

The measured color temperature is 3206 K which is warm white (close to neutral white).

This color temperature is measured straight underneath the light bulb. Below a graph showing the color temperature for different inclination angles.

Color temperature as a function of inclination angle.

The color temperature is given for inclination angles up to 85 deg. Beyond that value the illuminance is so low (< 5 lux) that it has not been used for color determination of the light.

For the C0-C180 plane: the beam angle of 117 deg is equivalent to 58.4 deg inclination angle,which is the area where most of the light falls within. The maximum variation of color temperature in this inclination area is about 3 %.

For the C90-C270 plane: the beam angle of 117 deg is equivalent to 58.7 deg inclination angle,which is the area where most of the light falls within. The maximum variation of color temperature in this inclination area is about 3 %.

PAR value and PAR spectrum

To make a statement how well the light of this light bulb is for growing plants, the PAR-area needs to be determined. See the explanation about PAR on the OliNo website how this all is determined and the explanation of the graph.

The photon spectrum, then the sensitivity curve and as result the final PAR spectrum of the light of this light bulb

parameter	value	unit
PAR-number	1.1	uMol/s/m^2
PAR-photon current	3.2	uMol/s
PAR-photon efficacy	0.6	uMol/s/W

The PAR efficiency is 62 % (valid for the PAR wave length range of 400 – 700 nm). This is the maximum percentage of the total of photons in the light that is effectively used by the average plant (since the plant might not take 100 % of the photons at the frequency where its relative sensitivity is 100 %).

S/P ratio

The S/P ratio and measurement is explained on the OliNo website. Here the results are given.

The power spectrum, sensitivity curves and resulting scotopic and photopic spectra (spectra energy content defined at 1 m distance).

The S/P ratio of the light coming from this lamp is 1.2.

More info on S/P ratio can be found on the OliNo website.

Chromaticity diagram

The chromaticity space and the position of the lamp’s color coordinates in it.

The point of the light in this diagram is inside the area indicated with class A. This area indicates an area for signal lamps, see also the article on signal lamps and color areas on the OliNo website.

The color coordinates are x=0.4270 and y=0.4083.

Color Rendering Index (CRI) or also Ra

Herewith the image showing the CRI as well as how well different colors are represented (rendered). The higher the number, the better the resemblance with the color when a black body radiator would have been used (the sun, or an incandescent lamp). Practical information and also some critics about the CRI can be found on the OliNo website.

Each color has an index Rx, and the first 8 indexes (R1 .. R8) are averaged to compute the Ra which is equivalent to the CRI.

CRI of the light of this lightbulb.

This value of 64 indicates how well the light of this lamp can render well a set of reference colors, this in comparison with the light of a reference source (for color temperatures < 5000K a black radiator is used as reference and for color temperatures > 5000K the sun or the light outside during the day).

The value of 64 is smaller than the value of 80 that is considered as a minimum for working areas in general.

Note: the chromaticity difference is 0.0034 and indicates the distance to the Planckian Locus. There is a value mentioned of max 5.4E-3 in section 5.3 of CIE 13.3-1995 however not further explanation of it.
An other reference with signal lights as a reference is given in the chromaticity diagram.

Voltage dependency

The dependency of a number of lamp parameters on the lamp voltage is determined. For this, the lamp voltage has been varied and its effect on the following light bulb parameters measured: illuminance E_v [lx], the lamppower P [W] and the luminous efficacy [lm/W] (this latter is estimated here by dividing the found E_v value by P).

Lamp voltage dependencies of certain light bulb parameters

There is a constant dependency of the illuminance when the power voltage varies between 10 – 14 V DC.
There is a constant dependency of the consumed power when the power voltage varies between 10 – 14 V DC.

When the voltage varies abruptly with + or – 0.25 V DC then this results in a variation of the illuminance of maximally 5.8 %. This difference in illuminance is not visible (when it occurs abruptly).

Warm up effects

After switch on of a cold lamp, the effect of heating up of the lamp is measured on illuminance E_v [lx], the lamppower P [W] and the luminous efficacy [lm/W].

Effect of warming up on different light bulb parameters. In the first graph the 100 % level is put at begin, and in the last graph the 100 % level is put at the end.

During the warmup time the illuminance doesn’t vary significantly (< 5 %).

During the warmup time the power doesn’t vary significantly (< 5 %).

Measure of flickering

An analysis is done on the measure of flickering of the light output by this light bulb. See the article on flickering on OliNo site for more information.

The measure of fast illuminance variation of the light of the light bulb

parameter	value	unit
Flicker frequency	535.9	Hz
Illuminance modulation index	0	%

The illuminance modulation index is computed as: (max_Ev – min_Ev) / (max_Ev + min_Ev).

Biologic effect

The biologic effect shows the level of impact the light of this lamp can have on the day-night rhythm of human beings (as well as the suppression of melatonin production). See also the explanatory article on biologic effect on OliNo.
The important parameters (according to prenorm DIN V 5031-100:2009-06):

biologic effect factor	0.329
kbiol trans (25 years)	1.000
kbiol trans (50 years)	0.747
kbiol trans (75 years)	0.481
kpupil(25 years)	1.000
kpupil(50 years)	0.740
kpupil(75 years)	0.519

Blue Light Hazard

The amount of blue light and the harm it can cause on the retina has been determined. Herewith the results.
See for more info the explanation about blue light hazard on the OliNo site.

The level of blue light of this lamp related to the exposure limit and the different classification areas.

L_lum0 [mm]	984	Luminous dimension of lamp in C0-C180 direction.
L_lum90 [mm]	3	Luminous dimension of lamp in C90-C270 direction.
SSD_500lx [mm]	504	Calculated distance where Ev = 500 lux. This computation is valid when it is in the far field of the lamp. Note: if this value < 200 mm then the distance of 200 mm is taken as proposed in the norm IEC 62471:2006.
Start of far field [mm]	4920	Minimum distance at which the lamp can be seen as apoint source. In this area the Ev is linearly dependent from (1/distance)2.
300-350 nm values stuffed with 0s	no	In the event OliNo has measured with a SpB1211 spectrometer without UV option then the irradiance data of 300-349 nm is missing. For lamps where there is already no energy content near 350 nm, the values 300-349 can also be set at zero then.
alphaC0-C180 [rad]	1.952	(Apparent) source angle in C0-C180 direction.
alphaC90-C270 [rad]	0.006	(Apparent) source angle in C90-C270 direction.
alphaAVG [rad]	0.053	Average (apparent) source angle. If average >= 0.011 rad then the exposure limit is computed with radiance Lb. Otherwise with irradiance Eb.
Exposure value [W/m^2/sr]	<4.55E+0	Blue Light Hazard value for this lamp, measured straight underneath the lamp. Computation is referenced to Lb. Because the distance at 500 lux is in the near field, then this exposure value is too pessimistic and should be lower.
Blue Light Hazard risk group	0	0=exempt, 1=low, 2 = moderate, 3=high risk.

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