Auxiliaries for Lamps - Starting Devices (Other Than Glow Starters) - General and Safety Requirements

This Standard specifies 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 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz which produce starting pulses not greater than 100 kV and which are used in combination with lamps 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. 

NOTE - A standard on metal halide lamps is under consideration. 

This Standard also covers starting devices for lamps which are not yet standardized. 

It does not apply to glow starters or starting devices which are incorporated in discharge lamps or which are manually operated. Preheat transformers for tubular fluorescent lamps are covered by IEC 920. 

Tests in this standard are type tests. Requirements for testing individual starting devices during production are not included. 

NOTE - Glow starters are included in IEC 155. 

This Standard applies to the safety of such equipment designed to be installed on branch circuits not exceeding 750 V and used in accordance with the rules of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I. Note: Manufacturers designing products for use in Canada may fin d a helpful summary of the equipment-related requirements of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, in CSA Publication SPE-2000.