4.6
able ca
acitanc
The capacitance o
the suppl
cables between lamp
an
gn
t
on un
t
epen
s on var
ous genera
con
-
ti
n
. Th
in
l
th
iz
n
tr
t
r
th
cable
diameter, distances and insulation to
ether with
umber o
individual cables
dielectric coe
icients o
the materials
. The capacitance also depends on the
roundin
and shieldin
o
the cable and where it is
fastened, e.
. close to
rounded surfaces.
ommonly
sed
ower cables are not suitable
or this
ur
ose,
because of their relativel
thin PV
-isolation, where
t
e w
res
e compara
y c
ose toget
er.
e capac
-
tance here is about 100 pF/m. Because of the hi
h
i
nition volta
e
or dischar
e lamps the lead wires
ave t
c
er
nsu
at
ons an
t
e
are norma
not
placed close to each other. The capacitance o
the
lead wires will there
ore be lower than
or the
owe
cable.
apacitances onl
form limited resistance to
i
h-
requency volta
e components o
the i
nition
pu
se.
e capac
tance attenuates t
e
n
t
on pu
se,
w
t
resu
t
n
n
t
on pu
ses poss
y not reac
n
t
e
amplitudes required to i
nite the lamp.
ertain load
capacitances must there
ore not be exceeded, de
pendin
on the speci
ications o
the i
nition unit
4.7
tart-u
behavior of metal halide lam
s
ter i
nitin
the lamp and heatin
the dischar
e, the
sc
arge runs
n
t
a
y on
y
n t
e start gas.
e mer-
cur
an
t
e meta
a
es are st
n
qu
or so
orm on the arc tube wall. The volta
e across the
dischar
e is initially still very low. The start
as ar
on
radiates a little in the visible ran
e
weak violet li
ht
,
which is wh
the luminous
lux in the initial phase is
st
ver
ow
Throu
h power consumption in the lamp,
irst the mer
cury an
t
en a
so t
e meta
a
es
e
n to evapo-
rate. The individual
illin
particles evaporate at di
er-
ent rates, resultin
in di
erin
ratios o
the particles
durin
runup. The dominance o
individual particles
n t
e start-up p
ase resu
ts
n t
e co
our p
enomena
during this period shown in Fig. 22.
nly after a few
nutes,
av
n
reac
e
t
e stea
y state,
s t
e re
quired composition achieved, producin
the
ull lumi-
ous
lux and the required li
ht colour.
after 20s
after 40s
after 60s
after 120s
after 100s
after 80s
CRI=66
CRI=29
CRI=36
CRI=70
CRI=85
CRI=92
Fi
. 22:
ourse of li
ht parameters of a H
-T 150 W
NDL durin
start-up
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