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Technical Details – Components for Discharge Lamps
Control Gear Units for
High-pressure Discharge Lamps
With electromagnetic ballasts
Control gear units with electromagnetic ballasts for high-pressure sodium lamps (HS), metal halide lamps
(HI) and metal halide lamps with a ceramic discharge tube (C-HI) are fitted with all the components
needed to ensure safe normal operation. Apart from a ballast, control gear units also contain a digital
timer ignitor with IPP ++ technology (Intelligent-Pulse-Pause-Mode), a compensation capacitor and a
temperature switch with automatic reset. As all these components form a matched system, they create
optimum operating conditions for lamps and small models. These compact control gear units remove the
need for separate installation and wiring of individual components, thus considerably reducing assembly
time.
Mandatory regulations
DIN VDE 0100 Erection of low voltage installations
EN 60598-1
EN 61347-1
EN 61347-2-1
EN 61347-2-9
EN 60923
EN 60927
EN 61048
EN 61049
EN 55015
Luminaires – part 1: general requirements and tests
Operating devices for lamps – part 1: general and safety requirements
Control gear for lamps; part 2-1: special requirements for ignitors
(other than glow starters)
Control gear for lamps; part 2-9: special requirements for ballasts
for discharge lamps (except fluorescent lamps)
Ballasts for discharge lamps – performance requirements
Operating devices for lamps; ignitors (glow starters); performance requirements
Operating devices for lamps – capacitors for fluorescent lamp circuits and
other discharge lamp circuits; general and safety requirements
Operating devices for lamps – capacitors for fluorescent lamp circuits and
other discharge lamp circuits; performance requirements
Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics
of electrical lighting and similar equipment
EN 61000-3-2 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – part 3:
maximum values – main section part 2: maximum values for mains harmonics
(device input current up to and including 16 A per conductor)
EN 61547
Installations for general lighting purposes – EMC immunity requirements
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