Energy Focus Inc. (EFOI) is set to release what it says is an advanced tubular LED lamp product in 1Q15. The company has filed both international and US patent applications for its Intellitube technology that claims to offer both direct fit and direct wire functions for the retrofit of existing linear fluorescent fixtures.

The direct fit function will allow commercial Intellitube to operate with existing fixture ballasts, while the direct wire function will allow Intellitube to operate without a ballast when wired directly to the electrical supply line. Customers will not need to replace the ballast when it fails, but could simply remove the existing ballast and wire Intellitube to the supply line.

The proprietary, patent-pending circuitry of Intellitube will provide intrinsic safety to the operator as shock hazards from casual contact common to standard re-lamping have been removed. Additionally, the patent-pending technology will allow light output of Intellitube to remain constant when switching from direct fit to direct wire, ensuring the light quality will not change when the ballast fails and is eventually removed.

Energy Focus was the first to develop the dual function technology used in the company's military Intellitube lamp. By the end of 1H15, the company expects military Intellitube will have been deployed in more than 10 per cent of the U.S. Navy Fleet.

By: DocMemory
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