The new round ceramic arc tube
P
WERBAL
has
a uni
orm wall thickness without thick ceramic plugs
as
n t
e c
n
r
ca
ceram
c t
pe.
e mass
s t
ere
ore onl
about hal
that o
the c
lindrical version. This
means less ener
y and there
ore less time is needed
to brin
the P
WERBALL ceramic arc tube up to op-
eratin
temperature. The times required to achieve the
lit-up status are there
ore clearl
shorter than in the
cy
n
r
ca
vers
on, as s
own
n
. 23
HQI-T 150 W at OSRAM PTU
HQI-T 150 W at CCG
Luminous flux in lm
Time in s
Fi
. 24: Start-up behavior of luminous flux of a HQI
-
t v
r
t
Luminous flux in lm
Time in s
cylindrical HCI-T 150 W
Fi
. 23: Start-up behavior of luminous flux in various
etal halide lamps operatin
with an
RAM elec
tr
ni
ll
e t
me
t ta
es to reac
a stea
state
epen
s on
t
e start-up current an
t
e assoc
ate
wattage
nput.
I
the current is too hi
h, the electrodes will be dam
aged, causing the walls to blacken. The standard
or
metal halide lam
s
IE
61667
therefore limits the
start-up current to tw
ce t
e nom
na
amp current.
With
RAM P
WERTR
NI
, the start-u
is
aste
than with a conventional ballast
as shown in the
ol-
ow
n
. 24
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