AUXILIARIES FOR LAMPS - BALLASTS FOR DISCHARGE LAMPS (EXCLUDING TUBULAR FLUORESCENT LAMPS) - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General notes on tests
5 Marking
6 Ballasts designed to operate at various supply voltages
7 Circuit power-factor
8 Supply current
9 Current waveform
9.1 Lamp operating current waveform
9.2 Test procedure
10 Magnetic screening
11 Ignitors
12 Electrical requirements for ballasts for high-pressure
mercury vapour lamps
12.1 Ballast setting
12.2 Short-circuit current
12.3 Open-circuit voltage (minimum voltage for stable
operation)
13 Electrical requirements for ballasts for low-pressure
sodium vapour lamps
13.1 Ballast setting
13.2 Short-circuit current and run-up conditions
13.3 Open-circuit voltage (minimum voltage for stable
operation)
14 Electrical requirements for ballasts for metal halide lamps
14.1 Ballast setting
14.2 Short-circuit current and run-up conditions
14.3 Open-circuit voltage (minimum voltage for stable
operation)
15 Electrical requirements for ballasts for high-pressure
sodium vapour lamps
15.1 Ballast setting
15.2 Short-circuit current
15.3 Open-circuit voltage
Annex A (normative) Reference ballasts
Annex B (normative) Reference lamps
Annex C (normative) General requirements for tests
Annex D (normative) Explanation of measurements of ballast
setting and lamp-operating current
waveform for high-pressure sodium vapour
lamps
Annex E (informative) Interpretations
Specifies performance requirements for ballasts for discharge lamps such as high-pressure mercury vapour, low-pressure sodium vapour, high-pressure sodium vapour and metal halide lamps.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 34 |
