AS/NZS 60155:2000

1 - AS/NZS 60155:2000 GLOW-STARTERS FOR FLUORESCENT LAMPS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - INTRODUCTION
7 - 1 Scope
7 - 2 Normative references
8 - 3 Definitions
8 - 3.1 starter:
8 - 3.2 glow-starter:
8 - 3.3 non-reclosure voltage:
8 - 3.4 deactivated lamp:
8 - 3.5 glow-starters with operating time limitation:
8 - 4 General requirements
8 - 5 General requirements for tests
8 - 6 Marking
9 - 7 Requirements and tests for safety
9 - 7.1 Type test quantity
9 - 7.2 Conditions of acceptance
9 - 7.3 Protection against accidental electric shocks
9 - 7.4 Insulation resistance under humidity conditions
10 - 7.5 Dielectric strength
10 - 7.6 Dimensions
10 - 7.7 Torsion test
10 - 7.8 Mechanical strength
10 - 7.9 Connections
10 - 7.10 Resistance to heat and fire
11 - 7.11 Quality of marking
11 - 7.12 Radio interference suppression capacitors
12 - 7.13 Heating of starters with operating time limitation
12 - 7.101 Ignitability and combustion propagation
13 - 8 Starting test
13 - 8.1 Starting test quantity
13 - 8.2 Conditions of acceptance
13 - 8.3 Conditions of test
13 - 8.4 Speed of operation
14 - 8.5 Closed time
14 - 8.6 Non-reclosure voltage
14 - 8.7 Pulse voltage
14 - 9 Endurance test
14 - 9.1 Test quantity
14 - 9.2 Conditions of acceptance
14 - 9.3 Conditions of test
15 - 10 Deactivated lamp test
15 - 10.1 Test quantity
15 - 10.2 Conditions of acceptance of starters without operating time limitation
15 - 10.3 Conditions of test
15 - 10.4 Conditions of acceptance for starters with operating time limitation
16 - 10.5 Operating time limitation test
16 - 11 Information for luminaire design
27 - Annex A - Ballasts to be used for life testing
28 - Annex B - Starters for class II fluorescent lamp luminaires
31 - Annex C - Information for luminaire design

Specifies general and safety requirements for glow-starters for fluorescent lamps. It is reproduced from IEC 60155:1993 and IEC 60155/Amd.1:1995 but has additional local requirements for ignitability and combustion propagation. In Australia it supersedes both AS 3138-1993 and AS 4111-1993 on 1 January 2002.

This standard specifies interchangeable glow-starters used with pre-heat type fluorescent lamps, hereafter called "starters".Section 1 specifies the general and safety requirements with which starters shall comply.Section 2 specifies the performance.NOTE - Starters are generally designed to operate with a range of lamps, depending on supply voltage, single lamp or series pair operation, maximum lamp voltage and lamp starting requirements.Glow-starters for use in class II luminaires shall comply with annex B.

First published as AS 3138-1993 and AS 4111-1993.
Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 60155:2000.