IEC 61199:2011/AMD1:2012

IEC 61199 ®
Edition 3.0 2012-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Single-capped fluorescent lamps – Safety specifications

Lampes à fluorescence à culot unique – Spécifications de sécurité

IEC 61199:2011/A1:2012
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IEC 61199 ®
Edition 3.0 2012-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Single-capped fluorescent lamps – Safety specifications

Lampes à fluorescence à culot unique – Spécifications de sécurité

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 34A: Lamps, of IEC technical
committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
34A/1538/CDV 34A/1578/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE AMENDMENT
The standards IEC 62471,and IEC/TR 62471-2, contain horizontal requirements available that
need to be introduced into product standards, e.g. to IEC 61199.
In IEC 61199 the column names in Table F.1 are a bit misleading. These names are:
– “Pre-heat current safety limit (A) (abnormal operation)” in column 2,
– “Discharge current safety limit (A) (normal operation)” in column 3 and
– “SoS safety limit (A²) (normal operation)” in column 4.
Although the additions in brackets of “abnormal operation” and “normal operation” indicate
that the corresponding data are dedicated to magnetic ballasts (abnormal operation) and
electronic ballasts (normal operation) this is nowhere really stated in IEC 61199.
In fact the “Pre-heat current safety limit” in column 2 of Table F.1 in IEC 61199 is only valid
for magnetic operation with internal or external starters. With electronic control gears this limit
might be and will be exceeded. It is no safety risk for electronic control gears because there is
already a requirement for electronic control gears to avoid any overheating of the base by the
pre-heat current in case a lamp does not start (Annex H of IEC 61199). In case of magnetic
operation with internal or external starters it might happen that the starter sticks at end of
lamp life and the preheat current will be supplied continuously. To avoid a safety risk in this
case, with magnetic ballasts the “Pre-heat current safety limit” needs to be observed.

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