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BUG Rating from similar IES file

Hi all,

I have a project where we are using 5000K color temperature light fixtures. The manufacturer of an exterior light fixture has an IES file available for the 3500K color temperature version of the fixture. Can the BUG rating of the 3500K version of the fixture be used for the 5000K version of the fixture? If not, is there any way the fixture can be used, as there is no available IES file for the calculation method then either?

 

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Mon, 01/08/2018 - 15:32

I think it is fine.  Assuming all other things are equal.  Typically when the color temperature gets warmer, the lumen output drops 5-10%.  That would only improve the BUG rating.  So having the BUG value at 5000K is a worst case number.

Mon, 01/08/2018 - 16:01

To clarify, the BUG rating is available for the 3500K, not for the 5000K fixture.

Mon, 01/08/2018 - 19:22

Sorry.  Do you know the total lumen output of the fixture at each color temperature?  What percentage increase? Enter the IES file into software like this. http://www.visual-3d.com/tools/PhotometricViewer/default.aspx Page 2 and 3 of the output shows the BUG lumen values in each angle range. (LCS Table & LCS Graph)  If the 5000K light is 10% more lumens then add 10% more to each area of output. The permitted output is shown here. https://www.ies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TM-15-11BUGRatingsAddendum.pdf See if that extra 10% pushed any of the Backlight, Uplight, or Glare into the next higher rating.  Example: Maybe forward light very high (80-90) is 205 lumens.  Add 10% and it is 225.5 lumens.  The maximum for glare G2 is 225 lumens.  So the light would become G3 at 5000K color temp while only a G2 at 3500K.  This would have to be checked at each angle.  The highest glare rating of any angle is the fixture's glare rating. There is software available to automatically increase/decrease the lumens and provide a new BUG rating.  Manufacturers do this all the time.  They test one version of the light and other color temperatures are "scaled" from it.  I don't know what they use or if there are free versions available.

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