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BS EN 60924:1991

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Specification for general and safety requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-05-2001

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-07-1991

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
Introduction
Section one - General requirements
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General requirements
4 General notes on tests
5 Category
6 Marking
Section two - General safety requirements
7 Scope
8 Terminals
9 Provision for earthing
10 Creepage distances and clearances
11 Protection against accidental contact with live
    parts
12 Moisture resistance and insulation
13 Electric strength
14 Fault conditions
15 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
16 Resistance to heat and fire
Section three - Particular safety requirements for d.c.
                supplied electronic ballasts for general
                lighting
17 Scope
18 Pulse voltages
19 Abnormal conditions
Section four - Particular safety requirements for d.c.
                supplied electronic ballasts for public
                transport lighting
20 Scope
21 Marking
22 Pulse voltages
23 Abnormal conditions
Section five - Particular safety requirements for d.c.
                supplied electronic ballasts for
                aircraft lighting
24 Scope
25 Marking
26 Pulse voltages
27 Abnormal conditions
Section six - Particular safety requirements for d.c.
                supplied electronic ballasts for
                emergency lighting
28 Scope
29 Definitions
30 Marking
31 Pulse voltages for ballasts for central battery
    systems
32 Starting
33 Lamp current and luminous flux
34 Supply current
35 Maximum current in any lead (with cathode heating)
36 Lamp operating current waveform
37 Change-over operation
38 Recharging device
39 Protection against excessive discharge
40 Indicator
41 Remote control
42 Temperature cycling test and endurance test
43 Polarity reversal
Appendices
A Tests
B Test to establish whether a conductive part is a
    live part which may cause an electric shock
C Explanation of the derivation of the values of pulse
    voltages
Figures
Annex
ZA Other international publications quoted in this
    standard with the references of the relevant
    European publications
National appendix NA (informative)
National appendix NB (informative)
National appendix NC (informative)

Requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts formerly called transistorized ballasts.

Committee
CPL/34/3
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5717(1984), 89/32000 DC, 91/20873 DC, 93/212681 DC & 94/202325 DC. (10/2003)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
42
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN 60924:1991/A1:1994 Identical
SN EN 60924 : 1991 AMD 1 1994 Identical
DIN EN 60924 : 1994 Identical
NF EN 60924 : 92 AMD 1 94 Identical
I.S. EN 60924:1992 Identical

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