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Philips ‘TL’5 lamps
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Contents 1. General information on 4. Operation of ‘TL’5 lamps: Philips ‘TL’5 lamps Recommendations for ballast design 1.1 Introduction................................................................................2 4.1 Starting characteristics ..........................................................16 1.2 Working principle.....................................................................3 4.1.1 Starting conditions......................................................16 1.2.1 Optimum opera
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1. General information on Philips ‘TL’5 lamps These features offer in the market the following benefits: 1.1 Introduction • Miniaturization ‘TL’5 lamps are fluorescent lamps with a diameter of about 16 mm The ‘TL’5 HE is a fluorescent lamp range with a diameter of and are designed to allow system miniaturization. about 16 mm, which is a reduction of 40% compared to the The latest technologies have been incorporated.The tri-phosphor diameter of existing ‘TL’D lamps, having a 26 mm diameter.This l
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Just like all low-pressure mercury lamps ‘TL’5 lamps need a current limiter.The ‘TL’5 lamp especially was designed to operate on an Features of electronic ballasts electronic ballast. Because the higher efficacy with ‘TL’5 only is attained with high As stated,‘TL’5 lamps are exclusively designed for HF-operation, frequency operation, 50 Hz operation is not recommended or resulting in higher lamp efficacies and lower ballast losses, supported. furtheron, compared with conventional gear, an elec
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1.3 Nomenclature 1.4 Environmental aspects The name of the lamp family is: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies show that at least 99% of ‘TL’ fluorescent lamps light sources’ contribution to pollution is caused by their energy consumption.This means the higher the efficacy, the better from The technical name of the product is: the environmental (and economical) point of view. Less energy ‘TL’5 consumption means less energy generation, which will have a 5: tube diameter of 5/8 inch positive effe
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2. Luminaire design – the dimensions and type of material of the luminaire 2.1 Introduction – the position of the ballast – the degree of ventilation (open, half-open, closed luminaire). In this chapter, recommendations and data are given to enable an A direct relation exists between the light output of the lamp and optimal luminaire design. the temperature of the mercury in the cold spot: at a temperature of the mercury of 45 °C a maximum in light output will be reached. 2.2 IEC Recommendation
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2.5.3 ‘TL’5 lamps and cold conditions 3. For bringing the lamp again in a stable condition burn the lamp on the nominal ballast for 1 hour at 25 ºC and check stability If the ambient temperature within the luminaire is lower than the (see Note below) by monitoring the luminous flux. optimum temperature of 35 °C for ‘TL’5 lamps, due to “cold” 4. Measure the luminous flux of the lamp with the nominal applications (outdoor, cooling rooms, etc.) One solution is to cover ballast at 25 ºC. the cold s
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2.9 Various application elements 2.11 Optical opportunities with ‘TL’5 lamps 2.9.1 CE Marking The smaller diameter of ‘TL’5 lamps allows substantially down scaling of the optics to obtain smaller luminaires with the same All Philips fluorescent lamps comply with the EU Low Voltage efficiency and light distribution as the original ‘TL’D luminaire as Directive (73/23/EEC) and are therefore CE marked. indicated below in Fig. 2.2. This is ideal in cases where the size of the luminaire is more cri
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Effects of lamp diameter on beam width and luminaire efficiency Beam width Max. intensity Efficiency ‘TL’D ‘TL’5 ‘TL’D ‘TL’5 ‘TL’D ‘TL’5 °° cd cd % % Reflector 1 2 x 19 2 x 12.5 1920 2433 78 82 (narrow beam) Reflector 2 2 x 27 2 x 20.0 1557 1829 73 80 (medium beam) These results illustrate the effects of a smaller lamp in the same optics: • a 6 to 9% increase in efficiency of the luminaire • a smaller, hence more effective, light distribution • a higher central intensity even when using a 28 W i
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3. ‘TL’5 lamp specifications 3.1 Range 3.3 Electrical characteristics of ‘TL’5 electrodes The ‘TL’5 range consists of: Electrodes of ‘TL’5 lamps have been designed to fulfil IEC specifica- – ‘TL’5 HE 14W (2 ft) – ‘TL’5 HO 24W (2 ft) tions.The minimum and maximum values for resistances with – ‘TL’5 HE 21W (3 ft) – ‘TL’5 HO 39W (3 ft) related test currents are given below. – ‘TL’5 HE 28W (4 ft) – ‘TL’5 HO 54W (4 ft) – ‘TL’5 HE 35W (5 ft) – ‘TL’5 HO 49W (5 ft) Resistance R of ‘TL’5 electrodes – ‘
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3.4.1 Electrical and lighting characteristics of ‘TL’5 HE lamps In the following tables the electrical and photometrical data are given: Reference ballast Nominal conditions at T = 25 °C amb. Lamp Colour Rated Calibration Resistance Discharge Lamp Lamp Luminous type voltage current current voltage power flux 2 VmA Ω mA V W cd/m ‘TL’5 HE 14W /827, /830, /835, /840 167 170 500 165 86 ± 10 13,7 1200 /850, /865 1100 ‘TL’5 HE 21W /827, /830, /835, /840 246 170 725 165 129 ± 10 20,7 1900 /850, /865 17
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In the following table the dependency on the discharge current is given at top of the lumen curve. Luminous flux and efficacy in the table below are only applicable for colours /827, /830, /835 and /840. For colours /850 and /865 the ratio is in line with the preceding table. Lamp Discharge Lamp Lamp Luminous Luminous type current voltage power flux efficacy mA V W lm lm/W ‘TL’5 HE 14W 130 89 11 1140 104 170 82 13,7 1350 96 220 78 17 1590 94 ‘TL’5 HE 21W 130 132 17 1770 104 170 123 20,7 2100 100
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3.4.2 Electrical and lighting characteristics of ‘TL’5 HO lamps In the following tables the electrical and photometrical data are given: Reference ballast Nominal conditions at T = 25 °C amb. Lamp Colour Rated Calibration Resistance Discharge Lamp Lamp Luminous type voltage current current voltage power flux 2 VmA Ω mA V W cd/m ‘TL’5 HO 24W /827, /830, /840 150 300 250 295 77 ± 8 22,5 1750 /850, /865 1650 ‘TL’5 HO 39W /827, /830, /840 224 340 330 325 117 ± 10 38,0 3100 /850, /865 2950 ‘TL’5 HO 5
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In the following table the dependency on the discharge current is given at top of the lumen curve. Luminous flux and efficacy in the table below are only applicable for colours /827, /830 and /840. For other colours these values are in line with the preceding table. Lamp Discharge Lamp Lamp Luminous Luminous type current voltage power flux efficacy mA V W lm lm/W ‘TL’5 HO 24W 270 78 21 1830 87 300 75 22,5 1950 87 435 70 30 2410 80 ‘ ‘TL’5 HO 39W 270 119 32 3020 94 340 112 38 3500 92 435 106 46 3
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3.5 Colour characteristics R ≥ 80 a 500 General colour rendering index (R ): ≥80 a 400 Correlated colour temperatures: 2700 K (/827, incandescent) 4000 K (/840, cool white) 300 3000 K (/830, warm white) 5000 K (/850, daylight) 3500 K (/835, white 3500) 6500 K (/865, cool daylight) 200 Chromaticity coordinates: 100 µ /827 /830 /835 /840 /850 /865 0 400 500 600 700 x 0,469 0,438 0,409 0,381 0,343 0,316 Wavelength in nm y 0,419 0,403 0,397 0,379 0,353 0,336 Figure 3.4 Spectral power distribution:
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4. Operation of ‘TL’5 lamps: Recommendations for ballast design Current controlled preheating 4.1 Starting characteristics Depending on the available time for preheating, the ballasts should 4.1.1 Starting conditions give a preheating current within the following limits: Like all fluorescent lamps,‘TL’5 lamps have electrodes with some Lamp Preheating Preheating time Substitution emissive material facilitating ignition, provided it is heated to a suffi- type current resistor ciently high temperat
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Energy controlled preheating 4.1.3 Lamp ignition Depending on the available time for preheating, the ballasts should give a preheating energy within the following limits: Ignition with preheating. The following table includes values for the open-circuit voltages, E = Q + P x t which an electronic ballast should generate for two different ranges of ambient temperatures (indoors and outdoors). Lamp Preheating Preheating time Substitution type energy Q P resistor Lamp Voltage During Ignition at Ig
