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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Hayward Industries, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Kevin L. Potucek, Far Hills, NJ (US);
James Carter, Warwick, RI (US);
James Murdock, Wakefield, RI (US);
Steven Mitchell, Chepachet, RI (US);
Gregory Fournier, West Kingston, RI (US);
Hayward Industries, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of determining depreciation of a lumen output of an LED. More particularly, disclosed is a method of determining depreciation of a lumen output of an LED comprising monitoring, by a processing device, an operating characteristic of an AC power source operatively coupled to the LED; determining, by the processing device, whether a lumen output the LED depreciated beyond a specified lumen value based on the monitoring; and causing, by the processing device, an indicator to provide notification to a user based on determining the lumen output of the LED depreciated beyond the specified lumen value.