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    AUXILIARIES FOR LAMPS - STARTING DEVICES (OTHER THAN GLOW STARTERS) - GENERAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  16-07-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2017

    Publisher:  Canadian Standards Association

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    SECTION 1: GENERAL
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 General requirements
    5 General notes on tests
    6 Classification
    7 Marking
    SECTION 2: SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
    8 Protection against accidental contact with live parts
    9 Terminals
    10 Provision for earthing
    11 Construction
    12 Resistance to dust and moisture
    13 Insulation resistance and electric strength
    14 Fault conditions
    15 Heating of independent starting devices
    16 Pulse voltage of ignitors
    17 Mechanical strength
    18 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
    19 Creepage distances and clearances
    20 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
    21 Resistance to corrosion
    Annexes
    A - Test to establish whether a conductive part is a live
        part which may cause an electric shock
    B - Mechanical strength testing
    C - Precautions to be observed when measuring with sphere-gaps

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    Defines general and safety requirements for starting devices (starters and ignitors) for tubular fluorescent and other discharge lamps for use on a.c. supplies up to 1000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz, producing starting pulses not in excess of 100 kV for use in combination with amps and ballasts covered in IEC 81, IEC 188, IEC 192, IEC 662, IEC 920, IEC 922 and CSA Standard CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 74-96.

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    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed EN
    Publisher Canadian Standards Association
    Status Superseded
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 60112:2003+AMD1:2009 CSV Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insulating materials
    IEC 60662:2011 High-pressure sodium vapour lamps - Performance specifications
    IEC 60192:2001 Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps - Performance specifications
    C22.1-15 Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (23rd Edition), Safety Standard for Electrical Installations
    IEC 60188:2001 High-pressure mercury vapour lamps - Performance specifications
    IEC 60817:1984 Spring-operated impact-test apparatus and its calibration
    IEC 60410:1973 Sampling plans and procedures for inspection by attributes
    IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
    IEC 60598-1:2014+AMD1:2017 CSV Luminaires - Part 1: General requirements and tests
    IEC 60317-1:2010 Specifications for particular types of winding wires - Part 1: Polyvinyl acetal enamelled round copper wire, class 105
    ISO 4046:1978 Paper, board, pulp and related terms — Vocabulary
    IEC 60927:2007+AMD1:2013 CSV Auxiliaries for lamps - Starting devices (other than glow starters)- Performance requirements
    IEC 60255-8:1990 Electrical relays - Part 8: Thermal electrical relays
    IEC 60417C:1977 Third supplement.
    CSA C22.2 No. 74 : 2016 EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC DISCHARGE LAMPS
    IEC 60155:1993 Glow-starters for fluorescent lamps
    IEC 60695-2-10:2013 Fire hazard testing - Part 2-10: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire apparatus and common test procedure
    IEC 60922:1997 Auxiliaries for lamps - Ballasts for discharge lamps (excluding tubular fluorescent lamps) - General and safety requirements
    IEC 60920:1990 Ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps - General and safety requirements
    IEC 60990:2016 Methods of measurement of touch current and protective conductor current
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