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Technical and Legal Clarifications Index


"LEDs"
  • TLC #111 B “LEDs” project ONLY ±1% of GATHERABLE LIGHT” that Incandescent project
  • TLC #115 B “LEDs” SHOULD LAST! … But, will their CIRCUITRY & SEALING METHOD?
  • TLC #129 A –  HEAT & GRIME PHOTOMETRIC LOSSES NOT COMPENSATED FOR
  • #309 1  - What Determines Junction Temperature? (U.S. Department of Energy)
  • #310 1  -  Lumen Depreciation (U.S. Department of Energy)
  • #311 1  -  Defining LED Useful Life (U.S. Department of Energy)
  • #312 1  -  Why Does Thermal Management Matter? (U.S. Department of Energy)
Effective Projected Luminous "Lens Area" (EPLLA)
  • TLC #107 B Federally Mandated “EFFECTIVE, PROJECTED, LUMINOUS LENS AREA” (“EPLLA”)
  • TLC #112 B “ILLEGAL DECEPTIONS” everywhere! … NHTSA says “Go Ahead”…”HANG YOURSELF”!
  • TLC #124 A –  NHTSA’S “LEGAL COUNSEL” says … “IT’S ILLEGAL”!
  • TLC #128 A – ACTUALLY SEEING “Effective Projected Luminous Lens Area” (EPLLA)
  • #318 1 - “REQUEST for LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS”
  • #510 1 - “Effective Projected Luminous Lens Area” (EPLLA) OUTPUT Analysis
Minimally Required, "Optically Combining" & “Extreme Width”
  • TLC #103 B –  What’s minimally required for OVER and UNDER 80” Trailers, RVs and Trucks?
  • TLC #104 B –  Our “Serviceable”, “FIVE” & “DUAL” Function”, “Optically Combined” #205 WINGTIPS®
  • TLC #105 B –  Side Pointing, SIDE MARKER* LIGHTS … are for “Intersection Safety”!
  • TLC #106 B –  Side Pointing and Rear Pointing REFLECTORS … “for Parking Safety”!
  • TLC #118 B “OPTICALLY COMBINING” … Use this allowance to SAVE Money & Power
  • TLC #123 B –  6” inside the “WIDEST PART” … the “EXTREME WIDTH” … the “OVERALL WIDTH”
  • TLC #127 A –  IT'S THE LAW
  • #202 1  -  LEGAL SUMMARY for TRAILER, RV & TRUCK Lighting
"Everything Else"
  • TLC #101 B “WHO’S IN CHARGE”?
  • TLC #102 B RECALLS” are neither pleasant nor inexpensive
  • TLC #109 B – INVENTORYING both 7-3/4 in² and 11-5/8 in² (EPLLA) BRAKE/TURN LAMPS
  • TLC #116 B Did you Know? … WIRE INSULATION … CAN also LEAK!
  • TLC #119 B –  Eliminate costly and unreliable “3 TO 2” Wire, ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS!
  • TLC #120 B –  HERMETICALLY SEALED or AIR TRAPPING! – but NOT “FILL & DRAIN”
  • TLC #122 B –  LET’S SELL “HARMONIZED” U.S.A. Made TRAILERS, RVs & BIG RIGS all over the world!
  • TLC #126 B –  We can only find TWO LEGAL "LED" AFTERMARKET BRAKE/TURN LIGHTS!
  • #321 1  -  Your Day In Court Customer/Plaintiff Dichotomy

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