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Wiring Regulations Literary Question

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Hello all, I wonder if someone can help me please?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_optimisation#Overvoltage

I'm trying to get a reference for a section in this wikipedia article to put in a report I'm writing but I can't find the original source. Under the "Common Power Quality Problems > Overvoltage" section there is a sentence that describes "A 230 V rated lamp used at 240 will achieve only 55% of its rated life". From the article I believe it is from the book "Commentary on IET Wiring Regulations 17th Edition" from 2016, ISBN 1849197652.


I have tried to find it in a library as I don't have £90 to drop on a new copy of it, just to see if it is this book I should be referencing in my report, but I've had no luck there. Is there perhaps anyone with this book that knows whether or not the quote does indeed come from it or not?


Any assistance with this query would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Alan
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  • You really want a lighting text book like 'Lamps and lighting'  1966 by Hewitt and Vause or similar. That particular example, being the one on my desk, has a nice plot on page 174, showing life, efficiency and power input against supply voltage for a coiled coil filament lamp  and is the sort of library book the commentary writers would have referred to when making their passing comment. For the purpose of academic study or critical review I reckon I can scan the page in tonight without breaking UK copyright law.

    Mike
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  • You really want a lighting text book like 'Lamps and lighting'  1966 by Hewitt and Vause or similar. That particular example, being the one on my desk, has a nice plot on page 174, showing life, efficiency and power input against supply voltage for a coiled coil filament lamp  and is the sort of library book the commentary writers would have referred to when making their passing comment. For the purpose of academic study or critical review I reckon I can scan the page in tonight without breaking UK copyright law.

    Mike
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