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    This document discusses interior lighting maintenance strategies. It describes group lamp replacement as replacing all lamps in an area at once regardless of individual lamp status, based on the premise that the cost savings of bulk replacement outweigh the lost light output from lamps still within their rated life. For fluorescent lamps, it notes that maintenance involves replacing both lamps and ballasts/starters, and recommends group replacement. It also discusses dirt depreciation of luminaires over time due to factors like room occupancy, luminaire design, and air movement, and how regularly cleaning can offset costs from reduced light output.

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    This document discusses interior lighting maintenance strategies. It describes group lamp replacement as replacing all lamps in an area at once regardless of individual lamp status, based on the premise that the cost savings of bulk replacement outweigh the lost light output from lamps still within their rated life. For fluorescent lamps, it notes that maintenance involves replacing both lamps and ballasts/starters, and recommends group replacement. It also discusses dirt depreciation of luminaires over time due to factors like room occupancy, luminaire design, and air movement, and how regularly cleaning can offset costs from reduced light output.

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    This document discusses interior lighting maintenance strategies. It describes group lamp replacement as replacing all lamps in an area at once regardless of individual lamp status, based on the premise that the cost savings of bulk replacement outweigh the lost light output from lamps still within their rated life. For fluorescent lamps, it notes that maintenance involves replacing both lamps and ballasts/starters, and recommends group replacement. It also discusses dirt depreciation of luminaires over time due to factors like room occupancy, luminaire design, and air movement, and how regularly cleaning can offset costs from reduced light output.

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    This document discusses interior lighting maintenance strategies. It describes group lamp replacement as replacing all lamps in an area at once regardless of individual lamp status, based on the premise that the cost savings of bulk replacement outweigh the lost light output from lamps still within their rated life. For fluorescent lamps, it notes that maintenance involves replacing both lamps and ballasts/starters, and recommends group replacement. It also discusses dirt depreciation of luminaires over time due to factors like room occupancy, luminaire design, and air movement, and how regularly cleaning can offset costs from reduced light output.

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    INTERIOR LIGHTING 10-21

    installations some attempt is made to schedule the procedure, to reduce the


    labor cost, and to provide less interference with other operations in the
    room. The system may be based on a periodic check and replacement, or
    on a scheduled replacement of all lamps in a particular area regardless of
    their operating or appearance status. The latter is termed group replace-
    ment and is based on the premise that the saving in cost of replacing lamps is
    greater than the value of the remaining light output in a large group of
    lamps after a certain number of hours of operation. This "smash point"
    usually is considered as falling between 60 and 80 per cent of rated lamp
    life. Generally it is assumed that the relatively few early failures that occur
    can be ignored, since they will not appreciably affect the average illumina-
    tion level.
    Fluorescent-Lamp-Luminaire Maintenance
    Fluorescent-lamp luminaires present problems similar to those of the
    incandescent-lamp type, although certain differences are noteworthy.
    First of all, the rated lamp life usually is longer, although usually there are
    many more lamps used in a given area because of the relatively low lumen
    output per lamp. Second, when luminaires are above head height, it is
    very difficult to replace lamps without lowering the luminaire or elevating
    the maintenance man. Third, the required circuit ballast and starting
    accessories, which must be maintained also, often are responsible for the
    inoperative lamp. Group replacement is feasible and highly desirable
    for many types of fluorescent installations. Cut-out starters are recom-
    mended for preheat-starting circuits, particularly those maintained on a
    group basis, since otherwise the constant on-and-off flashing characteristic
    of many early fluorescent lamp failures may not only be annoying to
    persons in the area but also harmful to ballasts. The larger the area
    lighted by a single tube or lamp, the more important it is to have a re-
    placement immediately.
    Depreciation
    Dirt depreciation is a function of the following variables:
    1. Room occupancy: some types of surroundings are dirtier than others.
    2. Luminaire design: particularly the dirt-collecting characteristics of
    reflecting and transmitting surfaces.
    3. Air movements in the room and in the luminaire.
    4. Nature of the dirt in the area.
    Dirt is a cause of poor appearance and poor sanitation as well as of
    inefficiency. To justify its cost, removing dirt should result (and usually
    does result) in improvements of equal or greater economical consequence.
    Figure 10-17 shows details that were calculated for a specific luminaire
    installation and fixed operating conditions. For any luminaire and ap-
    plication condition similar graphs can be prepared in which the loss of light
    caused by a particular percentage of dirt is evaluated in terms of over-all
    operating costs and the cost of each cleaning. If in a given time the loss of

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