Outdoor Retrofit Kits

DLC will accept QPL applications for SSL Outdoor Retrofit Kits. The testing and reporting requirements described below are intended to subject the retrofit kits to worst-case thermal conditions in order to assure confidence in lumen maintenance.

For testing purposes DLC specifies typical fixture housings for retrofit products to be tested in. These typical fixture housings are intended to provide testing results of the most common worst case conditions that the retrofit kits would be installed in.  In providing this list of typical fixture housings, DLC does not endorse or exclude any particular make or model frame for use in energy efficiency programs. Note that in each recommended variation we state, “or approved other”. In selecting a fixture for testing the applicant shall consider the purpose of subjecting the tested kit to extreme confinement for thermal endurance.

Applicants shall test and report fixture performance under the following restrictions and conditions.

• Required Tests & Reports  All DLC QPL testing and reporting requirements that apply to new fixtures shall also apply to any outdoor retrofit kit application e.g.: LM79, ISTMT, IES file, product data sheet, etc. (Note that for lumen maintenance testing, the source manufacturer is responsible for light package’s LM80 test).

Fixture Level Tests

LM79, ISTMT and Option 2 of LM80, shall be conducted in a fully functional DLC approved fixture with the kit properly installed per manufacturer’s instructions.

Only one LM79, ISTMT, IES file is needed for the retrofit kit to be tested on one of the fixtures approved below. Depending on which option you choose to use for LM80 will determine how many tests you need. If you choose Option 1: one LM80 report is needed. If you choose Option 2:  you will need two LM79 reports to test the retrofit kit for 0hrs and then 6,000hrs on the fixture.

Manufacturer shall select a fixture for these tests among the following:

• Area & Roadway Luminaires
  • Cobrahead Fixture Retrofit Kits: 
    • Kits shall be tested in
      • American Electric Roadway Series 115 Fixture
      • GE M250R2 fixture
      • Kim Archetype SAR
      • Cooper OVH Series or
      • Pre-approved equal
    • Kits must replace all reflectors and optical systems of existing fixture
• Shoebox Fixtures
  • If the kit may be applied to both cobraheads and shoebox fixtures, choose a fixture from among those listed herein under shoebox and cobrahead   
  • If the kit is specific to shoebox fixtures (not applicable to cobraheads) the kit shall be tested in:
    • WideLite XL Excel-Lyte 400
    • Lithonia KAD Contour Series
    • Lumark TR Tribute
    • Kim Archetype SAR or
    • Pre-approved equal
  • Kits must replace all reflectors and optical systems of existing fixture
• Decorative Luminaires
  • Acorn, globe, etc. The kit shall be tested, fully and properly mounted in a glass or polymer globe with optics as similar as possible to the kit’s intended use
    • King Luminaire K400 series
    • Lexalite Lindy Model 424
    • GE Patriarch Luminaire
    • Holophane GV Luminaires Washington PostLite or
    • Pre-approved equal
  • Kits must replace all reflectors and optical systems of existing fixture

Application Review

DLC shall log, analyze and evaluate outdoor retrofit kit applications in accordance with procedures followed for any individual fixture application: 1) for completeness and accuracy of the filed application data and 2) for qualification according to DLC category specifications.

For outdoor retrofit kit applications DLC will apply the appropriate category and the specification values which are in effect as of the date of application submission. These categories are the following:

• Outdoor Pole or Arm Mounted Area and Roadway Luminaires
• Outdoor Pole or Arm Mounted Decorative Luminaires