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With the help of Ruigao's new lifespan indicator, the lifespan of LED drivers can be determined in the application. This component is part of the Ruigao Life Cycle Analysis program, which enables users to fully utilize the lifespan of their products, plan maintenance work in advance, and enable lamp manufacturers to sustainably reuse components.
Ruigao Company equipped his fourth generation LED driver with a lifespan indicator. This new component allows users to determine the status and remaining lifespan of the installed drives in the application. This allows for continuous use of LED drivers, reducing costs and costs, while also reducing the downtime of lighting equipment failures.
Service life indicator: Use DALI or NFC contactless reading to read the current drive status and aging rate
Previously, equipment managers could only rely on information on data sheets to determine the lifespan of lighting systems. But these values usually only describe the lower limit of the actual service life. The lifespan of LED drives ultimately depends on their environment and is influenced by various factors such as temperature or power cycle. The average service life of drives installed in air-conditioned office buildings is longer than similar products in production environments with significant temperature fluctuations.
Now, the lifespan indicator of Ruigao provides indicator data on aging rate and driver status (driver health status) during operation. The aging rate indicates the annual aging rate of LED drivers in the current environment, and can be determined within a few minutes after installation. The algorithm used to calculate the aging rate includes factors such as lamp data, energy data, diagnostic data (lumDATA), temperature, and power supply cycle. The health status of the drive indicates its current condition. By combining these two values, a reliable conclusion can be drawn about the remaining service life of the drive.
Data-driven decision-making: ensuring optimal lighting design, proactive maintenance, and sustainable lighting management
By leveraging aging rates, lamp manufacturers can more easily complete the thermal design process, thereby achieving the optimal lifespan of lighting solutions. In addition, by considering the health status of the drive, maintenance intervals for lighting equipment can be planned more specifically. Equipment management personnel can avoid downtime based on the data of the service life indicator. The specific approach is to proactively plan the maintenance or repair of critical components and complete the maintenance or repair work outside of operating time. In addition, the data of LED drivers also helps to achieve a circular economy. The use of lifespan indicators can make data-driven decisions, which can help replace, maintain, upgrade, or recycle lighting fixtures or lighting components.
These data can be accessed contactlessly through NFC in the 4service NFC App of Ruigao or through DALI in computer lighting control software. For the use of NFC, the drive must also not be in running mode. Not only will equipment managers be interested in this data, but lamp manufacturers can also draw conclusions about lamp schemes and feasible optimization measures from it. Specifically, it can be determined whether the drive has reached the end of its lifespan or whether it can continue to be used in other devices. Based on the data of the lifespan indicator, components can fully utilize their lifespan or be reused in a circular economy, thereby saving resources and costs.
Ruigao Product Manager Mario Loidl said, "We provide support to our partners and customers to help them fully utilize the lifespan of LED drives." The lifespan indicator enables you to make data-driven decisions and take more sustainable actions. At present, this component is unique in the industry.
The lifespan indicator can be used for all dimmable GEN4 cite and premium LED drives shipped from September 2024 onwards.
