Consists of the evaluation of the photometric characteristic of a light source or luminaire by comparison with the assumed lumen or spectral output of a bare test light source. Measured candela values are scaled according to the ratio of the measured bare light source lumens to the light source manufacturer’s rated light source lumens.
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