This International Standard specifies the safety requirements for discharge lamps (excluding
fluorescent lamps) for general lighting purposes.
This International Standard is applicable to low-pressure sodium vapour lamps and to high-intensity
discharge (HID) lamps, i.e. high-pressure mercury vapour lamps (including blended lamps), high-pressure sodium vapour lamps and metal halide lamps. It applies to single- and double-capped lamps, having caps as listed in Annex A.
This standard only concerns safety criteria and does not take into account performance. The performance standards IEC 60188, IEC 60192, IEC 60662, IEC 61167 and IEC 61549 should be referred to for such characteristics.
It may be expected that lamps which comply with this standard will operate safely at supply voltages between 90 % and 110 % of rated supply voltage and when operated with a ballast complying with IEC 61347-2-9 and IEC 60923, with a starting device complying with IEC 61347-2-1 and IEC 60927, and in a luminaire complying with IEC 60598-1.Cross References:IEC 60061-3IEC 60695-2-10:2000EN 60598-1:2015IEC 60598-1:2014EN 60695-2-10:2001ISO 4046-4:2002IEC 60923EN 60061-4EN 61167IEC 61167EN 60061-3IEC 60050IEC 60662EN 60662EN 60923EN 61347-2-1EN 60061-2IEC 60061-1EN 60061-1IEC 60061-4IEC 60061-2IEC 61347-2-1EN 60155IEC/TR 62778IEC 60155EN 60598-1IEC 60598-1EN 61347-2-9EN 60927EN 60432-1IEC 60432-1IEC 60927IEC 61347-2-9Incorporates the following:Amendment, September 2019