LIGHT SOURCES

6-3
Lamp Renewal Rate
From the mortality curve the number of burnouts likely to occur within
a given period can be computed for a large installation. In a new installa-
tion few burnouts would be expected during the first several hundred
hours. Approaching normal life, there would be many burnouts, necessi-
tating frequent lamp replacement. Thus for a period of several lamp
renewals per socket, the renewal rate first swings high, then low, and
finally settles down to a steady rate,
;
as in Fig. 6-4. The solid line repre-
sents the total replacements; the dotted curves the first, second, and so on
replacement per socket. This theoretical curve holds only for an in-
finitely large installation. In practical installations the curve, because
of the law of probability, is likely to be rather jagged, although the general
shape would be the same.
2
150 200 250 300 350
AVERAGE LAMP LIFE IN PER CENT
FIG. 6-4. Renewal rate curves applicable to all types of lamps.