
Auxiliaries for lamps - Ballasts for discharge lamps (excluding tubular fluorescent lamps) - Performance requirements
STANDARD published on 7.9.2005
Designation standards: IEC 60923-ed.3.0
Publication date standards: 7.9.2005
The number of pages: 53
Approximate weight : 159 g (0.35 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
This International Standard specifies performance requirements for ballasts for discharge lamps such as high-pressure mercury vapour, low-pressure sodium vapour, high-pressure sodium vapour and metal halide lamps. Clauses 12 through 15 each detail specific requirements for a particular type of ballast. This standard covers inductive type ballasts for use on a.c. supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz to 60 Hz associated with discharge lamps, having rated wattage, dimensions and characteristics as specified in the relevant IEC lamp standards. La presente Norme internationale specifie les exigences de performances des ballasts pour lampes a decharge, telles que les lampes a vapeur de mercure a haute pression, a vapeur de sodium a basse pression, a vapeur de sodium a haute pression et aux halogenures metalliques. Les Articles 12 a 15 donnent chacun les exigences pour un type particulier de ballasts. La norme couvre les ballasts du type inductif pour courant alternatif de frequence egale a 50 Hz ou 60 Hz, et de tensions inferieures a 1 000 V, associes a des lampes a decharge dont la puissance nominale, les dimensions et les caracteristiques sont indiquees dans les normes de la CEI qui leurs sont applicables.