1
supp
an
, a
ove a
, a c
ear
re
uce
ten
enc
to
o out
y avo
n
re-
n
t
on pea
s a
en
t
en t
e
lamp economic li
e
or ceramic arc tube lamps b
up
to 30
on avera
e
The electronic ballast also shows its strengths at the
end o
the lamp service li
e. The i
nition time limit
ensures t
at o
amps, w
ere sta
e operat
on
s no
on
er poss
e, are not su
ect to en
ess
n
t
on
attempts. A
ter max. 18 minutes and precisel
de
ined
i
nition intervals, the P
WERTR
NI
E
cuts out
automatically. I
a lamp goes out 3 times, the electronic
ballast also cuts out. This avoids inter
erin
,
lickerin
li
ht, prevents EM
load on the cables and also an
x
iv
l
n th
l
tr
ni
ll
t it
l
Permanent monitorin
o
parameters such as lamp
vo
ta
e or
amp current
y t
e
nte
rate
m
cro-con
troller and ali
nment with pre-de
ined nominal values
also makes it possible to turn lamps o
well be
ore
the
reach critical or unde
ined conditions which o
ten
can
ar
y
e mana
e
3.2.3.3
t qua
t
,
t co
our,
rop
n
t output,
tart-u
HID lamps with electronic ballasts o
er considerabl
improved colour qualit
, both when initiall
installed
and throu
hout the service li
e
e constant watta
e supp
e
to t
e
amp
y t
e
electronic ballast can com
ensate
or di
erences in
light quality resulting
or example
rom production tol-
erances or di
erin
a
in
states. The result is visibly
more even li
ht colour and a more uni
orm chromatic
t
coor
nate
imilarly, supply volta
e fluctuations or the len
th of
the power leads are no longer relevant when using an
e
ectron
c
a
ast, as t
e constant watta
e supp
y to
the lamp means these have no e
ect
am
e
ectro
es coo
own to a
esser extent w
t
the rectan
ular electronic ballast thanks to the steep
e
ectr
ca
trans
t
ons t
rou
t
e zero cross
n
.
ess
coolin
down results in reduced sputter e
ects o
the
e
ectro
es, w
c
n turn means
ess
u
ac
en
n
.
e more constant, an
on avera
e s
t
y
er,
lam
lasma tem
erature also
roduces 3
to 5
more luminous e
icac
, which also has a positive in
lu
n
in l
min
l
x
h
vi
r in
iti
n t
r
blackenin
e
ects
Electronic ballasts also have a much
aster start-u
behavior than ma
netic ballasts. Fi
. 24 in chapter
4.7
or example clearl
shows that a double-ended
quartz
amp operat
n
w
t
an e
ectron
c
a
ast a
read
produces more than 90
o
its max. luminous
lux a
ter a
rox. 40 seconds. The same luminous
lux
l
v
l with
nv
nti
n
l
ll
t t
k
t l
t 2
t
seconds lon
er. This at least 50
aster start-up at
t
e e
ectron
c
a
ast
s
ue to t
e
er start-up
current o
the electronic ballast, producing a higher
watta
e input into the lamp which there
ore heats up
ore qu
c
3.2.3.4
ize, wei
ht and handlin
ectron
c
a
asts com
ne
n
t
on component, com-
pensat
on component an
c
o
e
n one un
t.
s
3-
n-1 com
nat
on c
ear
re
uces t
e
nsta
at
on
workload
the risk o
installation errors and the need
to replace individual
ault
units. Multi-lamp electronic
ballasts
e.g. 2x35 W or 2x70 W
duplicate these ad
vanta
es
ecause to connect to 2
um
nares, on
y one
power
ea
s requ
re
ectron
c
a
asts are a
so
twe
t.
ey we
50
to 60
less than ma
netic ballasts, which o
course o
ers direct advanta
es in terms o
luminaire
es
n: t
ey can
e s
ee
er
n structure; a w
er ran
e
o
materials can be used, and a li
hter load can be
placed on the
astenin
components
.2.
.
Bi
ir
ti
n
l
t
tr
n
r
Intelli
ent electronic units will in the
uture o
er com-
pletely new possibilities o
controllin
and monitorin
li
htin
systems, thanks to bidirectional data trans
er.
Features such as queryin
the lamp or ballast status,
inte
ration in Buildin
Mana
ement
ystems
BM
and central or local actuation and mana
ement o
t
n
so
ut
ons w
not on
y
r
n
a c
ear
y expan
e
ran
e o
unctions but also optimize maintenance and
re
air work. In the medium term, it is
uite conceivable
to see
eve
o
ments
ere s
m
ar to t
ose
n
ow-
res-
sure
sc
ar
e tec
no
o
y
3.3 Influence of harmonic waves and corresponding
t
r
he development o
modern semiconductor technolo
y
with a si
ni
icant increase in the number o
consum
r
with
li
t
t
wit
h
n
nv
rt
r
ntr
ll
r
n
ortunatel
results in undesirable side-e
ects on the
volta
e supply by causin
considerable inductive
watt
ess power an
non-s
nuso
a
current.
t
pical converter current consists of various super-
im
osed sinusoidal
artial currents, i.e. a
irst
armonic with the suppl
requenc
, and a number o
•
tr
n
t
r
t
t
t
rt.
tr
n
t
n
t
v
n
cant
ncreases
n qua
t
, re
a
t
an
a
et
o
t
n
s
stems w
t
meta
a
e
am
s.
ost new
t
n
nsta
at
ons to
a
are
rea
equ
ppe
w
t
e
ectron
c
a
asts.
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