Luminaires - Part 1: General requirements and tests
Executive summaryGeneral and safety requirements for luminaries.
AbstractThis part of EN 60598 specifies general requirements for luminaires, incorporating electric light sources for operation from supply voltages up to 1 000 V. The requirements and related tests of this European Standard cover: classification, marking, mechanical construction and electrical construction. Requirements are included in this Standard for luminaires incorporating ignitors with nominal peak values of the voltage pulse. The requirements apply to luminaires with ignitors built into ballasts and to luminaires with ignitors separate from ballasts.
In this Standard requirements for semi-luminaires are included. This Standard provides a set of requirements and tests which are considered to be generally applicable to most types of luminaires and which can be called up as required by the detail specifications of IEC 60598-2. Attention is drawn to the fact that this Standard covers all aspects of safety (electrical, thermal and mechanical) and lamp performance standards which contain "information for luminaire design"; this should be followed for proper lamp operation; however, this Standard does not require the testing of lamps performance as part of the type test approval for luminaires.
History and related standardsThis European Standard supersedes BS EN 60598-1:1997 which will be withdrawn on 2007-04-01. This Standard includes the following cross-references:
IEC 60061-2:1969, IEC 60061-3:1969, IEC 60065:1985, IEC 60068-2-63:1991, IEC 60083:1975, IEC 60085:1984, IEC 60112:1979, IEC 60155:1993, IEC 60216, IEC 60227, IEC 60238:1991, IEC 60245: IEC 60320: IEC 60357:1982, IEC 60360:1987, IEC 60364-3:1993, IEC 60364-7-702:1983, IEC 60384-14:1993, IEC 60400:1991, IEC 60416:1988, IEC 60417:1973, IEC 60432-1:1993, IEC 60432-2:1994,
IEC 60529:1989, IEC 60570:1995, IEC 60598-2: IEC 60598-2-4:1979, IEC 60630:1994, IEC 60634:1993, IEC 60662:1980, IEC 60664-1:1992, IEC 60684: IEC 60695-2-2:1991, IEC 60742:1983, IEC 60901:1987, IEC 60920:1990, IEC 60922:1989, IEC 60924:1990, IEC 60972:1989, IEC 60989:1991, IEC 60990:1990, IEC 61032:1990, IEC 61046:1993, IEC 61058-1:1990, IEC 61167:1992, IEC 61184:1993, IEC 61195:1993, IEC 61199:1993, ISO 75-2:1993, ISO 1891:1979 and ISO 4046:1978.
