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PORTABLE LUMINAIRE REQUIREMENTS UNDER TITLE 20 2016

(for all luminaires manufactured on/a er Jan. 1, 2010)

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Dedicated uorescent lamp socket connected to high-frequency Requirements (must meet at least one):

electronic ballast within the portable luminaire
Ý Be equipped with E12, E17, or E26 base
2
Be equipped with GU24 socket and NOT rated for use with Ý Be pre-packaged & sold together with one screw-base CFL
incandescent lamps
or LED lamp for each socket

Ý The CFL or LED lamp must be compatible with luminaire
3Be an LED luminaire or portable luminaire with an LED light controls

engine with integral heat sink and comply with the table below:
Ý CFLs must meet ENERGY STAR lamp e cacy of Dec. 31,

2008 (50 to 65 lumens/wa )
Requirements for Portable Luminaires With LED Light Engines
Ý LED lamps must meet minimum requirements of current
CRITERIA
REQUIREMENT
T20
Light Output
200 lumens
5
Be equipped with one or more single-ended, non-screw base Minimum LED Luminaire E cacy
29 lumens per wa

halogen lamp sockets (line or low voltage), dimmer control or Minimum LED Light Engine e cacy
40 lumens per wa
hi/low controls, and be rated for a max of 100 wa s
Correlated Color Temp (CCT)
2700K to 5000K

Minimum Color Rendering Index (CRI)
75 CRI

Power Factor
0.7 PF

(for luminaires labeled or sold for residential use)

note: 1) Exceptions for artwork luminaires and portable wall-mount adjustable luminaires with maximum 24-inch articulated arm.
2) Portable luminaires with internal power supplies must have zero standby power when luminaire is o .

In addition, State-Regulated LED lamps (SLED) eliminate most incandescent and halogen MR11,

manufactured on/a er January 1, 2018 with output MR16, GU10, R/PAR16 lamps in favor of LED.”
150lm (E12 base) or 200lm (other base) must have:
When it comes to Portable Luminaires with an
≥
CRI≥82
E26 LED lamp socket, as of January 1, 2018 that

R1 through R8 values ≥ 72
LED lamp must meet state requirements and be
PF ≥ 0.7
registered with the CEC. The new T20 regulation

Rated Life ≥ 10,000 hrs
also stipulates marking guidelines that must show
Minimum e cacy compliance score
the date of manufacture.

Starting January 1, 2018, State-Regulated LED The newly introduced JA8-compliant lamps

lamps will be required to be certi ed and registered should already meet T20 requirements in 2018
in the CEC database.
since they required more stringent speci cations.

Regarding State-Regulated Small Diameter The lamps will not only need to be registered in the
Directional lamps (SDDL), all that are manufactured JA8 database, but also registered in the CEC data-

on/a er January 1, 2018 must have a rated Life ≥ base under State-Regulated LED lamps in 2018.

25,000 hours and a minimum e cacy of 80 lm/w For more information on California Title
OR a minimum e cacy of 70 lm/w and Compliance 24 2016, visit www.energy.ca.gov/title24 and

Score ≥ 165 [Compliance Score = E cacy + CRI]. for more info on California Title 20, visit
Noted Primous, “These new requirements will
www.energy.ca.gov/appliances

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