Re: Luminaires standard for USA/CANADA countries

[Michael . Garretson]

Mr. Fini,

I am unsure which of the following standards you need, however, here are the
standard that I located searching on fluorescent.  My original search on
luminaires had no matches.

542
            Lampholders, Starters, and Starter Holders for Fluorescent
            Lamps, seventh edition, 1994
                                                      A

935
            Fluorescent-Lamp Ballasts
            ninth edition, 1995
                                                                            G

1570
            Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures
            fourth edition, 1995
G

8730-2-3
            Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use;
            Part 2: Particular Requirements for Thermal Protectors for
            Ballasts for Tubular Fluorescent Lamps
            first edition, 1996
                                                                               J

I am under the impression that UL 542 is likely superceded by UL 1570, but you
would have to check with UL, since I am not familiar with the particular
standard.  I am under the impression that this is likely the standard you will
need, but I am not sure.

The equivalent incandescent standard is:

1571
            Incandescent Lighting Fixtures
            fourth edition, 1995
                                                                           A

You can perform your own searches of these standards by going to:

http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/catalog/part1std.html

and searching on the text of the standard titles.  If your luminaires are not
fluorescent or incandescent, you may require a different standard.

It appears that Canada has adopted a version of IEC 598 with their new
CAN/CSA-E598-1-98 series of standards.  Information can be found on page 49 of
their electronic product catalog, which you can download at

http://www.csa-international.org/english/product_services/index_catal.htm

While in the "English" version of their webpage, the catalog is bilingual with
French included in the same document.

Regards,

Michael Garretson
Compliance Engineer
RadiSys Corporation






"Fini Paolo" <paolof...@italponti.it> on 10/07/99 02:16:57 AM

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Hi all,

We have some trouble , to find the UL and CSA equiv.alent standard  of the
EN 60598-1 for general requirements and tests of LUMINAIRES and similar.
Do you can help me to fix the problem?

Best regards.

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ing. Paolo Fini
Italponti Telecomunicazioni
via Reims 12, Firenze (ITALY)
tel +39055689706 - fax +39055689706
www.italponti.it  -   paolof...@italponti.it
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Hi all,   We have some trouble , to find the UL and CSA equiv.alent standard  of the EN 60598-1 for general requirements and tests of LUMINAIRES and similar. Do you can help me to fix the problem?   Best regards.   ************************************************ ing. Paolo Fini  Italponti Telecomunicazioni via Reims 12, Firenze (ITALY) tel +39055689706 - fax +39055689706 www.italponti.it  -   paolof...@italponti.it ************************************************