BS 6193:1990

Brief history
Technical text
Preface of IEC Publication 662
Section One - General
1. Scope
2. General
3. Definitions
4. Lamp marking
5. Lamp dimensions
6. Caps
7. Test requirements for lamp starting, warm-up and
    electrical characteristics
7.1 Lamp starting test
7.2 Lamp warm-up test
7.3 Ageing
7.4 Lamp electrical characteristics
7.5 Extinguishing voltage test
8. Information for ballast and ignitor design
8.1 Open circuit voltage
8.2 European starting pulse characteristics
8.3 North American starting pulse characteristics -
      250 W and 400 W lamps
8.4 Lamp warm-up current
8.5 Current crest factor
8.6 Lamp operating limits for the information of
      ballast designers
9. Information for luminaire design
9.1 Voltage increase at lamp terminals
9.2 Lamp envelope temperatures
9.3 Permissible cap temperatures
10. Maximum lamp outlines
11. Numbering system for lamp data sheets
Appendices
Appendix A - Waveshape of voltage pulse for lamp-starting
             test
Appendix B - Schematic drawings for location of lamp
             dimensions
Section Two - Lamp data sheets
Section Three - Maximum lamp outlines

Characteristics necessary to ensure interchangeability and safety together with test conditions and procedures. Specifies the lamp dimensions, electrical characteristics for starting and operation together with information for ballast, ignitor and luminaire design purposes.