Typical life variation against operation voltage

300

200

100

% rated life

90

100

110

120

% rated volts

 

 

Spectral distribution of luminous flux (lumens) for typical theatre and studio lamp

 

 

10

VioletBlue

Green

Yellow

Red

Calculations of lamp life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

achievement taken from this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

graph should be considered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

strictly theoretical as the life

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

factor is considerably

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

influenced by frequency of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

switching, environment,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vibration, handling, cleaning

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

etc. This graph is based on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the average achievement of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

numerous lamp tests, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thus should only be used as

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

an approximate guide to

flux

 

 

 

 

 

 

performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

luminousRelative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

500

600

700

 

 

 

wavelength (nm)

 

 

 

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