1 - AS 1201-1989 TUBULAR FLUORESCENT LAMPS FOR GENERAL LIGHTING SERVICE
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - INTRODUCTION
6 - SECTION ONE- GENERAL
6 - 1.1 General
6 - 1.1.1 Scope
7 - 1.1.2 Object
7 - 1.2 Definitions
7 - 1.2.1 Tubular fluorescent lamp
7 - 1.2.2 Lumen maintenance
7 - 1.2.3 Life
8 - 1.2.4 Colour
8 - 1.2.5 Rated colour
8 - 1.2.6 Rated wattage
8 - 1.2.7 Rated luminous flux
8 - 1.2.8 Rated life
8 - 1.2.9 Group
8 - 1.2.10 Type
8 - 1.2.11 Batch
8 - 1.2.12 Whole production
8 - 1.2.13 Test quantities
9 - 1.2.14 Initial readings
9 - 1.2.15 Comparability test
9 - 1.2.16 Market sample
9 - 1.2.17 Short-circuit power
9 - 1.3 General principles of layout of data sheets
10 - SECTION TWO- LAMP DATA SHEETS
10 - 2.1 List of specific lamp types included in this publication
124 - SECTION THREE- SAMPLING
124 - 3.1 Method of selection
124 - 3.2 Inspection test quantity (I.T.Q.)
124 - 3.3 Rating test quantity (R.T.Q.)
124 - 3.4 Lumen maintenance test quantity (M.T.Q.)
125 - SECTION FOUR- MARKING, MECHANICAL, PHYSICAL AND STARTING CHARACTERISTICS
125 - 4.1 Lamp marking
125 - 4.2 Glass tubing
125 - 4.3 Lamp dimensions
125 - 4.4 Caps
126 - 4.5 Starting characteristics
127 - SECTION FIVE -REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF TEST FOR INITIAL READINGS AND FOR LUMEN MAINTENANCE
127 - 5.1 Position of burning and lamp connections
127 - 5.2 Ageing
127 - 5.3 Lamp voltage and wattage
127 - 5.4 Luminous characteristics
128 - 5.5 Cathode characteristics for pre-heat type lamps operated without starter
128 - 5.6 Lumen maintenance test
128 - 5.7 Switching on and off during lumen maintenance test
129 - 5.7.1 Lamp operated with starter
129 - 5.7.2 Lamp operated without starter
129 - 5.8 Accidentally broken and/or incorrectly operated lamps
130 - SECTION SIX-CONDITIONS OF COMPLIANCE
130 - 6.1 General conditions
130 - 6.2 Individual batches
130 - 6.3 Whole production of a manufacturer
130 - 6.3.1 Manufacturer’s test data
130 - 6.3.2 Comparability test
132 - 6.4 Mechanical, physical and starting requirements
132 - 6.5 Initial readings and colour
133 - 6.6 Lumen maintenance
137 - APPENDIX A - SUGGESTED METHOD FOR SELECTION
137 - A1. Selection for individual batches
137 - A2. Selection for checking the whole production of a manufacturer
137 - A3. Selection for the comparability test
138 - APPENDIX B - METHOD OF TESTING STARTING CHARACTERISTICS
138 - B1. General
138 - B2. Lamps operated with starter
138 - B2.1 Test circuit
138 - B2.2 Ballast
138 - B2.3 Starter
138 - B2.4 Test voltage
138 - B3. Lamps with pre-heated cathodes operated without starter
138 - B3.1 Test circuit
139 - B3.2 Ballast
139 - B3.3 Test voltage
139 - B4. Lamps with non-pre-heated cathodes operated without starter
139 - B4.1 Test circuit
140 - B4.2 Ballast
140 - B4.3 Voltage at lamp terminals
141 - APPENDIX C - METHODS OF MEASURING ELECTRICAL AND LUMINOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAMPS
141 - C1. Methods of measuring electrical and luminous characteristics of pre- heat type lamps without additional cathode heating a
141 - C1.1 Tests common to lamps operated with or without starter
142 - C1.2 Additional test for lamps with pre-heated cathodes and operated without starters
142 - C2. Method of measuring electrical and luminous characteristics of pre- heat type lamps with additional cathode heating
142 - C2.1 General conditions for test
143 - C2.2 Circuits
144 - C2.3 Electrical instruments
144 - C2.4 Measurement procedure
145 - C2.5 Determination of cathode characteristics
146 - APPENDIX D - RATED COLOUR CHARACTERISTICS
146 - D1. General
146 - D2. Target values
146 - D3. Tolerance areas
147 - D4. Chromaticity diagrams
148 - APPENDIX E - BALLASTS AND STARTERS TO BE USED FOR TESTS
148 - E1. Ballasts for starting tests and lumen maintenance tests
148 - E2. Starters
149 - APPENDIX F - TORSION TEST FOR BI-PIN CAP G13
150 - APPENDIX G - STATISTICAL BASIS OF THE CONDITIONS OF COMPLIANCE IN SECTION SIX OF THIS STANDARD
151 - APPENDIX H - EXTENDED LUMEN MAINTENANCE TEST
151 - H1. Introduction
151 - H2. Sampling
151 - H2.1 Batch testing
151 - H2.2 Whole product testing, old system
151 - H2.3 Whole product testing, new system
151 - H3. Test conditions
151 - H4. Test requirements
151 - H5. Conditions of compliance
153 - APPENDIX J - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF VAPOUR- PRESSURE CONTROLLED (AMALGAM) LAMPS
153 - J1. Scope
153 - J2. Marking
153 - J3. Rated values
153 - J4. Lamp starting test
154 - J5. Initial readings
154 - J5.1 For the whole product testing system
154 - J5.2 For batch testing
154 - J6. Lumen maintenance
154 - J7. Conditions of compliance
156 - APPENDIX K - FIGURES