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BS EN 60926:1996

Superseded

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Specification for auxiliaries for lamps. Starting devices (other than glow starters). General and safety requirements

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-05-2001

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-07-2000

Committees responsible
National Foreword
Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 General requirements
5 General notes on tests
6 Classification
7 Marking
Section 2. Safety Requirements
8 Protection against accidental contact with live parts
9 Terminals
10 Provision for earthing
11 Construction
12 Resistance to dust and moisture
13 Insulation resistance and electric strength
14 Fault conditions
15 Heating of independent starting devices
16 Pulse voltage of ignitors
17 Mechanical strength
18 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
19 Creepage distances and clearances
20 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
21 Resistance to corrosion
Figures
Annexes
A Test to establish whether a conductive part is a
    live part which may cause an electric shock
B Mechanical strength testing
C Precautions to be observed when measuring with
    sphere-gaps
ZA (normative) Normative references to international
    publications with their corresponding European
    publications

Describes general and safety requirements for starting devices (starters and ignitors) for tubular fluorescent and other discharge lamps for use on a.c. supplies up to 1,000V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz which produce starting pulses not greater than 5kV and are used in combination with lamps and ballasts covered in IEC Publications 81,188, 192, 662, 920 and 922. Excludes flow starters or starting devices incorporated in discharge lamps or which are manually operated. Preheat transformers for tubular fluorescent lamps are covered by IEC Publication 920.

Committee
CPL/34/3
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 93/211261 DC and 97/210440 DC. (10/2003) Supersedes 86/32516 DC and 91/32196 DC. (03/2006)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
36
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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