Table of Contents

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

Abstract

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.

Scope

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.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	EL-041
Supersedes	AS 3138-1993 AS 4111-1993 DR 99420 CP
Superseded By	AS 60155:2018