NBN EN 60927 : 2008 AMD 1 2014

Committees responsible
National foreword
Foreword
Section one - General requirements
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General requirements for tests
4 Marking
Section two - Performance requirements for starters
                (other than glow starters) for
                fluorescent lamps
5 Scope
6 Starting test
7 Endurance test
8 Deactivated lamp test
Section three - Performance requirements for ignitors
9 Scope
10 Starting test
11 Non-reoperating level
12 Endurance test
Annexes
A (normative) Ballasts to be used for life testing
B (informative) Explanation of starting conditions
    for electronic starters with an electronic
    switching element
C (informative) A guide to quoting product life and
    failure rate
ZA (normative) Normative references to international
    publications with their corresponding European
    publications
Figure 1 - Pulse voltage measurement for starting devices
Figure 2 - Ignition energy measurement for non-triggered
           starting devices
Figure B.1 - Cathode heating current requirements for
           electronic starters with electronics
           switching element
Figure B.2 - Interpretation of effective heating current
Figure B.3.1 - Starters which remove pre-heating current
           when open-circuit voltages are elevated
Figure B.3.2 - Starters which have open-circuit voltage
           transition times higher than 100 ms
Table 1 - Starting aid requirements

Describes performance requirements for starting devices (starters and ignitors) for tubular fluorescent and other discharge lamps for use on a.c. supplies up to 1,000V at 50 Hz to 60 Hz, which produce starting pulses not greater than 5 kV.