4. Lighting
4.1 Lamp operation
Following the EuP 2005/32/EC European directive on ecodesign requirements aimed at significantly reducing CO 2 emissions, incandescent lamps with wattages above 25 W will gradually disappear. New lighting solutions have emerged, including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and GaN light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. Unlike incandescent lamps, current consumption is no longer sinusoidal. Current distortion is caused by the AC/DC converter built into these new lamps. LED lamps generally use a flyback DC/DC converter, while CFL lamps incorporate a ballast-type converter. What both converters have in common is the capacitive-filtering bridge rectifier, involving a pulse-shaped current draw. Figure
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Standards and norms
- ISO Acoustique : méthode de calcul du niveau d'isotonie - ISO 532 - 1975
- Limits for harmonic current emissions (current drawn by devices) per phase, p. 15 § 7, UTE - NF EN 61000-3-2 - 05-01
- Limites et méthodes de mesure des perturbations radioélectriques produites par les appareils électriques d'éclairage et les appareils analogues, p. 10, § 5.3.4, UTE - NF EN 55015 - 05-01
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Regulations
Directive 2005/32/EC (6 july 2005) of the European Parlement and of the council – Establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parlement and the Council.
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