3
ate
current an
rate
vo
tage
e soc
et must
e c
osen accor
n
to t
e
amp parameters.
e rate
current
n t
s case
s t
e
est cont
nuous
oa
current, an
t
e
rated volta
e is the hi
hest volta
e
or which the
soc
et
s
es
gne
•
asten
n
parts
The connection parts, e.
. blade terminals, must
be chosen accordin
to the requirements
e.
.
temperature, current load, corrosion resistance
•
onnection leads
The connection leads must be rated accordingly
or the conditions o
use with re
ard to heat and
-res
stance, mec
an
ca
stren
t
, e
ectr
c
tren
t
an
current carry
n
capac
ty
ea
s are norma
not su
ta
e to
an
e
n
t
on vo
ta
e.
n pract
ce, s
cone-
nsu
ate
leads with 3.6 mm outer diameter have
roven
e
ective
or dischar
e lamps. For lamps with im
me
ate
ot re-
n
t
on, s
cone
nsu
at
on 7 mm
thick should be used to
ether with
iber
lass
n
a
While the lamp is startin
up, it is possible
or the
tart-up currents to brie
l
exceed the nominal
va
ues
w
c
must
e ta
en
nto cons
erat
on
en rat
n
t
e soc
et.
p to 1.5 to 2x t
e oper-
atin
current can
low durin
the start-up phase
within the first 5 minutes of o
eration
• Isolation of
ontact
onnections
are must be taken to electricall
isolate the
connect
on contacts
n t
e
nsta
at
on
roce
ure
i
this is not sa
e
uarded by the socket alone
•
am
n
nl
use lamps with clean metallic contacts.
xidized contacts result in hi
h transition resis-
tances an
enerate
operat
n
temperatures.
The surface of the lam
ins must be smooth and
must not show an
visible traces o
mechanical
machinin
in the area o
contact with the socket
contact
as ot
erw
se t
e soc
et contacts can
e
ama
e
7.4
t
m
n
r
he lead cables to the luminaires must be rated
or
their conditions o
use, takin
account o
adequate
eat an
-res
stance, mec
an
ca
stren
t
, e
ectr
c
stren
t
an
current carry
n
capac
ty, as we
as
v-
in
due consideration to the e
ect o
cable len
ths
e.g. when remote mounting is required
.
able resis-
tance
rows
near to ca
e
en
t
.
e resu
t
n
vo
t-
a
e drop across the cable reduces the e
ective supply
volta
e. The e
ects are described in chapter 3.1.3
“In
luence o
deviations in suppl
volta
e”.
arious
actors must be considered when choosin
ea
s
n t
e
amp c
rcu
t
•
e vo
ta
e
rop across t
e
ea
epen
s on
the
lowin
current and can be reduced by usin
cable with a lar
er cross section
•
t
rn
n m
n
t
t
r
-
tance
ncreases w
t
er am
ent temperature.
The resistance o
a copper cable rises b
about
10% for an increase in tem
erature of 25 °C.
•
onsideration must be
iven to the volta
e drop
n t
e out
o
n
an
ncom
n
ca
e
• 230 V s
stems are more sensitive to additional
ne res
stance t
an 400
s
stems
n app
cat
ons
eman
n
t
e
owest poss
e co
our
scatter
n
, t
e supp
y con
t
ons s
ou
e approx
ate
y t
e same,
.e. supp
y vo
ta
e or
ne res
stance
should be e
uivalent
7.5
a
ntenance o
t
n
systems w
t
meta
a
e
am
s
Since March 2003, the EN 12464-1 standard a
lies
to interior li
htin
systems throu
hout Europe. I
a
t
n
system
s
e
n
p
anne
accor
n
to t
s
stan
ar
,
t
s necessar
to
raw up a ma
ntenance
plan. This has to take into account in
luences causin
a drop in luminous
lux in the system durin
the course
o
the service li
e, such as dirt de
reciation o
lumi-
aires and the room itsel
, to
ether with the a
in
o
the lam
s and lam
ailures. The maintenance
actor
rep
aces t
e prev
ous p
ann
n
va
ue
Maintenance factor MF = LLMF x L
F x LMF x RMF
LLMF = lam
luminous flux maintenance factor
L
F = lam
survival factor
LMF = l
min
ir
m
int
n
n
t
RMF = r
m m
int
n
n
t
r
AUTI
N!
ertain sockets such as
12 and E27
are use
or
erent watta
e
eve
s.
en
nsert-
in
or exchan
in
lamps make sure that the ri
ht
lam
for the res
ective ballast is chosen.
ther-
w
se t
e
amp
s operate
ncorrect
, an
t
e
soc
et ma
poss
not
e rate
or t
e
ev
at
n
peratin
conditions.
t t
e en
o
t
e
amp serv
ce
e,
er tem-
eratures t
an norma
can occur
n t
e
nc
area
cause
outer
u
sc
ar
es.
e soc
et must
be rated accordin
l
see also chapter 6.2.1 Leak
in
arc tube
.
en rep
ac
n
suc
amps, t
e soc
et must
a
wa
s
e c
ec
e
or s
ns o
ama
e an
re-
p
ace
necessar
,
ecause a
ama
e
soc
et
wou
a
so
ama
e t
e new
amp
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