AS/NZS 60929:2020
AC and/or DC-supplied electronic control gear for tubularfluorescent lamps - Performance requirements
Objective of this Standard is to specify performance requirements for electronic control gear for use on a.c. at 50 Hz or 60 Hz and/or d.c. supplies, both up to 1 000 V, with operating frequencies deviating from the supply frequency, associated with fluorescent lamps as specified in AS/NZS 4782.1 and AS/NZS 60901, and other fluorescent lamps for high-frequency operation
AS/NZS 60929:2020 Performance requirements (IEC 60929:2011+AMD1:2015 CSV (ED.4.1) MOD)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General notes on tests
5 Marking
5.1 Mandatory marking
5.2 Additional mandatory Information
5.3 Non-mandatory information
6 General statement
7 Starting conditions
7.1 General
7.2 Conditions for control gear with preheating
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Preheat energy
7.2.3 Open-circuit voltage
7.3 Conditions for control gear without preheating
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Open-circuit voltage
7.3.3 Control gear impedance test
7.3.4 Cathode current
7.4 Starting aid and distances
8 Operating conditions
8.1 Ballast lumen factor
8.2 Total circuit power
8.3 Requirements for dimming
8.3.1 Heating of the lamp cathodes
8.3.2 Control interfaces
8.4 Limitation of the lamp current
9 Circuit power factor
10 Supply current
11 Maximum current in any lead to a cathode
12 Lamp operating current waveform
13 Impedance at audio frequencies
14 Operational tests for abnormal conditions
14.1 Removal of lamp(s)
14.2 Lamp fails to start
14.3 Control gear behaviour close to end of lamp life
15 Endurance
15.1 General
15.2 Temperature cycling
15.3 Test at tc + 10 K
Annexes
Annex A (normative)Tests
Annex B (normative) Reference ballasts
Annex C (normative) Conditions for reference lamps
Annex D (informative) Explanation of starting conditions
Annex E (normative) Control interface for controllable control gear
Annex F (informative) Examples of suitable test set-ups for SoS and CV testing
Annex G (informative) Example of a SoS-CV test with diagrammatic view
Bibliography
Figures
Figure 1 – Schematic illustration of the energy required for preheating and starting
Figure 2 – Test circuits for non-preheat starting mode
Figure 3 – Fundamental test set-up for the SoS-test
Figure 4 – Fundamental test set-up for the CV-test
Figure 5 – Example of temperature cycling described under 15.2 d) 2)
Figure A.1 – Measurement of impedance at audio frequencies
Figure A.2 – Test circuit for control gear for preheat starting mode
Figure B.1 – HF reference circuit
Figure E.1 – Functional specification for d.c. voltage control
Figure E.2 – Connection diagram for several controllable control gear
Figure E.3 – Circuit diagram with current sourcing
Figure E.4 – Functional specification for PWM control
Figure E.5 – PWM signal characteristics
Figure E.6 – Connecting diagram for PWM controllable control gear
Figure E.7 – Dimming curve for controllable control gear
Figure F.1 – Lamp dummy for double-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.2 – Typical test set-ups for electronic control gear operating double-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.3 – Typical test set-up for electronic control gear operating one or two single-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.4 – Typical test set-up for electronic control gear for connecting two lamps in series
Figure G.1 – Example of test circuit set-up reflecting the necessary measurements of Table G.1
Tables
Table 1 – Control gear life time information
Table 2 – Maximum permitted parasitic inductances, capacitances and contact resistances of a test circuit set-up according to Figures 3 and 4
Table 3 – Dimming levels and measured values
Table G.1 – List of necessary tests
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References
Double-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications
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AS/NZS 60929:2020 Performance requirements (IEC 60929:2011+AMD1:2015 CSV (ED.4.1) MOD)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General notes on tests
5 Marking
5.1 Mandatory marking
5.2 Additional mandatory Information
5.3 Non-mandatory information
6 General statement
7 Starting conditions
7.1 General
7.2 Conditions for control gear with preheating
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Preheat energy
7.2.3 Open-circuit voltage
7.3 Conditions for control gear without preheating
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Open-circuit voltage
7.3.3 Control gear impedance test
7.3.4 Cathode current
7.4 Starting aid and distances
8 Operating conditions
8.1 Ballast lumen factor
8.2 Total circuit power
8.3 Requirements for dimming
8.3.1 Heating of the lamp cathodes
8.3.2 Control interfaces
8.4 Limitation of the lamp current
9 Circuit power factor
10 Supply current
11 Maximum current in any lead to a cathode
12 Lamp operating current waveform
13 Impedance at audio frequencies
14 Operational tests for abnormal conditions
14.1 Removal of lamp(s)
14.2 Lamp fails to start
14.3 Control gear behaviour close to end of lamp life
15 Endurance
15.1 General
15.2 Temperature cycling
15.3 Test at tc + 10 K
Annexes
Annex A (normative)Tests
Annex B (normative) Reference ballasts
Annex C (normative) Conditions for reference lamps
Annex D (informative) Explanation of starting conditions
Annex E (normative) Control interface for controllable control gear
Annex F (informative) Examples of suitable test set-ups for SoS and CV testing
Annex G (informative) Example of a SoS-CV test with diagrammatic view
Bibliography
Figures
Figure 1 – Schematic illustration of the energy required for preheating and starting
Figure 2 – Test circuits for non-preheat starting mode
Figure 3 – Fundamental test set-up for the SoS-test
Figure 4 – Fundamental test set-up for the CV-test
Figure 5 – Example of temperature cycling described under 15.2 d) 2)
Figure A.1 – Measurement of impedance at audio frequencies
Figure A.2 – Test circuit for control gear for preheat starting mode
Figure B.1 – HF reference circuit
Figure E.1 – Functional specification for d.c. voltage control
Figure E.2 – Connection diagram for several controllable control gear
Figure E.3 – Circuit diagram with current sourcing
Figure E.4 – Functional specification for PWM control
Figure E.5 – PWM signal characteristics
Figure E.6 – Connecting diagram for PWM controllable control gear
Figure E.7 – Dimming curve for controllable control gear
Figure F.1 – Lamp dummy for double-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.2 – Typical test set-ups for electronic control gear operating double-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.3 – Typical test set-up for electronic control gear operating one or two single-capped fluorescent lamps
Figure F.4 – Typical test set-up for electronic control gear for connecting two lamps in series
Figure G.1 – Example of test circuit set-up reflecting the necessary measurements of Table G.1
Tables
Table 1 – Control gear life time information
Table 2 – Maximum permitted parasitic inductances, capacitances and contact resistances of a test circuit set-up according to Figures 3 and 4
Table 3 – Dimming levels and measured values
Table G.1 – List of necessary tests