EN 60968:1990/A2:1999
(Amendment)Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services - Safety requirements
Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services - Safety requirements
EN following parallel vote
Lampen mit eingebautem Vorschaltgerät für Allgemeinbeleuchtung - Sicherheitsanforderungen
Lampes à ballast intégré pour l'éclairage général - Prescriptions de sécurité
Sijalke za splošno razsvetljavo z vgrajeno predstikalno napravo - Varnostne zahteve - Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 60968:1988/A2:1999)
General Information
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 20-Oct-1999
- Withdrawal Date
- 30-Sep-2002
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 34 - 'Lamps and related equipment
- Drafting Committee
- IEC/SC 34A - IEC_SC_34A
- Parallel Committee
- IEC/SC 34A - IEC_SC_34A
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 31-Oct-2015
- Completion Date
- 31-Oct-2015
Relations
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2023
- Effective Date
- 29-Jan-2023
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 60968:1990/A2:1999 is a amendment published by CLC. Its full title is "Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services - Safety requirements". This standard covers: EN following parallel vote
EN following parallel vote
EN 60968:1990/A2:1999 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 29.140.30 - Fluorescent lamps. Discharge lamps. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 60968:1990/A2:1999 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 60968:2013, EN 60968:1990. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 60968:1990/A2:1999 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/95/EC, 73/23/EEC. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2000
Sijalke za splošno razsvetljavo z vgrajeno predstikalno napravo - Varnostne
zahteve - Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 60968:1988/A2:1999)
Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services - Safety requirements (IEC
60968:1988/A2:1999)
Lampen mit eingebautem Vorschaltgerät für Allgemeinbeleuchtung -
Sicherheitsanforderungen (IEC 60968:1988/A2:1999)
Lampes à ballast intégré pour l'éclairage général - Prescriptions de sécurité (CEI
60968:1988/A2:1999)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60968:1990/A2:1999
ICS:
29.140.30 )OXRUHVFHQþQHVLMDONH6LMDONH Fluorescent lamps.
Discharge lamps
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE IEC
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
AMENDEMENT 2
AMENDMENT 2
1999-07
Amendement 2
Lampes à ballast intégré pour
l'éclairage général – Prescriptions de sécurité
Amendment 2
Self-ballasted lamps for
general lighting services – Safety requirements
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60968 Amend. 2 © IEC:1999 – 3 –
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepard by subcommittee 34A: Lamps, of IEC technical committee 34:
Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
34A/874/FDIS 34A/888/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
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Page 9
4 Marking
Replace, on page 11, item 4) in 4.2 by the following new item 4):
4) Special conditions or restrictions which shall be observed for lamp operation, for example,
operation in dimming circuits. Where lamps are not suitable for dimming, the following
symbol may be used:
IEC 928/99
60968 Amend. 2 © IEC:1999 – 5 –
Page 13
Replace the existing table 1 by the following new table 1:
Table 1 – Interchangeability gauges and lamp cap dimensions
Lamp cap Cap dimensions to be checked Gauge sheet No. from
by the gauge IEC 60061-3
B22d A max. and A min. } 7006-10
or D1 max. } and
B15d N min. } 7006-11
Diametrical position of the pins
Insertion in lampholder 7006-4A
Retention in lampholder 7006-4B
E27 Max. dimensions of the screw thread 7006-27B
Min. major diameter of the screw thread 7006-28A
Contact making 7006-50
E26 Max. dimensions of the screw thread 7006-27D
Max. major diameter of the screw thread 7006-27E
E14 Max. dimensions of the screw thread 7006-27F
Min. major diameter of the screw thread 7006-28B
Contact making 7006-54
6 Protection against electric shock
Replace the existing fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs by the following new paragraphs:
Compliance is checked with the aid of a gauge in accordance with the current edition of
IEC 60061-3, sheet 7006-51A for E27 caps and sheet 7006-55 for E14 caps.
NOTE – Requ
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