CISPR TR 30-2:2012

CISPR TR 30-2 ®
Edition 1.0 2012-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RADIO INTERFERENCE
Test method on electromagnetic emissions –
Part 2: Electronic control gear for discharge lamps excluding fluorescent lamps

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CISPR TR 30-2 ®
Edition 1.0 2012-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RADIO INTERFERENCE

Test method on electromagnetic emissions –

Part 2: Electronic control gear for discharge lamps excluding fluorescent lamps

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
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ICS 33.100.10 ISBN 978-2-83220-311-8

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Presumption of compliance . 6
4 Test method . 6
5 Reference luminaire . 7
5.1 Construction . 7
5.2 Mounting and wiring schemes. 7
5.3 Grounding . 7
5.4 Wiring. 8
6 Marking . 8
7 Guidance for luminaire design . 9
Annex A (informative) Mounting and wiring schemes . 10

Figure A.1 – Mounting and wiring schema of a reference luminaire class I for discharge
lamp(s) up to and including 150 W . 10
Figure A.2 – Mounting and wiring schema of a reference luminaire class II for
discharge lamp(s) up to and including 150 W . 11

Table 1 – Grounding connection overview for protection class I and class II
applications . 8

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TEST METHOD ON ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS –

Part 2: Electronic control gear for discharge lamps
excluding fluorescent lamps
FOREWORD
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CISPR 30-2, which is a technical report, has been prepared by CISPR subcommittee F:
Interference relating to household appliances tools, lighting equipment and similar apparatus.
The text of this technical report is based on the following documents:
Enquiry draft Report on voting
CISPR/F/539/DTR CISPR/F/578/RVC

Full information on the voting for the approval of this technical report can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.

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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the CISPR 30 series can be found, under the general title Test method on
electromagnetic emissions, on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
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A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.

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INTRODUCTION
Requirements to limit radio-frequency disturbances from lighting equipment are standardized
in CISPR 15. They are restricted to those kinds of lighting equipment which are considered as
finished products and intended to be placed on the market for the end user, viz. luminaires,
self-ballasted lamps and independent lamp control gear. No emission requirements apply to
components intended to be built into luminaires.
Electronic control gears for discharge lamps are also built into a number of different types of
luminaires; not only in luminaires of different manufacturers but also in different types of
luminaires of one manufacturer.
All those luminaires are tested, although disturbance data of a certain luminaire can be
predicted from other luminaire measurements equipped with the same electronic control gear
and lamps.
This has led to the question whether a worst-case test luminaire could be designed in which
the electronic control gear could be tested. In the event that this test luminaire complies with
the relevant requirements, all luminaires where that particular electronic control gear is built in
comply, and a great deal of superfluous testing can be avoided. This idea looks correct,
simple and interesting, but leads to two comments:
• a worst-case luminaire is too strict. From pre-measurements it appeared that commercial
electronic control gear did not pass some tests in a worst-case dummy luminaire, whereas
they do in real luminaires;
• even if the electronic control gear passes the tests in a worst-case luminaire, the question
remains who is responsible in case the real luminaire, where it is built in, does not comply.
The conclusion is that it is not advisable to change the basic principle of CISPR 15 that no
emission requirements apply to components built into a luminaire.
There is, however, a need for an independent test method to check the behaviour of an
electronic lamp control gear in the radiofrequency spectrum.
This first edition of CISPR/TR 30-2 is published in conjunction with CISPR/TR 30-1. Each part
of CISPR 30 series is independent and describes the test set-up for electronic control gear
use together with a special lamp family. The formatting into separately published parts
provides for ease of future amendments and revisions. Additional requirements will be added
as and when a need for them is recognised.
CISPR 30-2 is technical report for such a method, and it concerns electronic control gear for
discharge lamps excluding fluorescent lamps.

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TEST METHOD ON ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS –

Part 2: Electronic control gear for discharge lamps
excluding fluorescent lamps
1 Scope
This part of CISPR 30, which is a technical report, details with the aid of reference luminaires,
an independent method by which the radio disturbance characteristics of built-in electronic
control gear for discharge (excluding fluorescent) lamp luminaires with protection classes I
and/or II may be compared against the requirements of CISPR 15. The scope of the part is
limited to electronic lamp control gear with an output power (lamp power) up to and including
150 W.
Independent electronic lamp control gears are not covered by this technical report; they are
within the scope of CISPR 15.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
CISPR 15:2005, Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of
electrical lighting and similar equipment
Amendment 1 (2006)
Amendment 2 (2008)
3 Presumption of compliance
The electronic lamp control gear in conjunction with the appropriate reference luminaire is
deemed to comply with the radiofrequency disturbance limits of CISPR 15 if it complies with
the terminal vo
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