EN IEC 61347-2-12:2024

Controlgear for electric light sources - Safety - Part 2-12: Particular requirements - DC or AC supplied electronic controlgear for discharge lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps)

Publication date:   Sep 22, 2023

Scope

<!-- NEW! -->IEC 61347-2-12:2024 is available as <a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/94955">IEC 61347-2-12:2024 RLV</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.</br></br>IEC 61347-2-12:2024 specifies safety requirements for electronic controlgear for use on AC supplies at 50 Hz or 60 Hz up to 1 000 V or DC supplies up to 1 000 V. The type of controlgear is a convertor that can contain igniting and stabilizing elements for operation of a discharge lamp under direct current or at a frequency that can deviate from the supply frequency.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2005 and Amendment 1:2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

a) introduction of dated references where appropriate;

b) clarification of sample item numbers;

c) addition of new information requirements (items v), w) and x) of IEC 61347-1:2015, 7.1 and IEC 61347-1:2015/AMD1:2017, 7.1).