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Publication CODE Title
NBN EN 60968:2015 (2015-05) SELF-BALLASTED FLUORESCENT LAMPS FOR GENERAL LIGHTING SERVICES - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
 
Price Excl. VAT Total number of pages, tables and drawings
25.00 € 4 P..
Description
Specifies the safety and interchangeability requirements, together with the test methods and conditions required to show compliance of tubular fluorescent lamps with integrated means for controlling starting and stable operation (self-ballasted fluorescent lamps). This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition, where additions have been made to the following: a) caps and prevention of cap misuse; b) interchangeability; c) mechanical and electrical strength; d) creepage distances and clearances; e) end of lamp life precaution; f) abnormal operation; g) test conditions for dimmable and three-way lamps; h) water contact related marking; i) verification, and assessment; j) information for luminaire design in the form of annexes.
Class  C
Available files
ATTENTION: Belgian registered standards (NBN EN or NBN HD) are generally only available in English or French. Only the cover page is translated and the document itself is in English or in French.

Very important notice: 98% of the text of the NBN EN 55XXX, NBN EN 6XXXX comes from the IEC text which is NOT included. This text can be ordered here: IEC 60968:2015. For the series NBN EN 50XXX, the standards are however complete.

EN version
FR version
Status
Status Registered trilingual Belgian standard EN or FR or DE
Situation Currently active
Replaces  NBN EN 60968:2013
Replaces  NBN EN 60968:2013/A1:2014
Origin
Committee TC 34/SC 34A
LAMPS
Responsible Monsieur DE LEEUW Thierry, Technical Officer
Diamant Building Bd Auguste Reyers, 80
1030  BRUXELLES
Phone: +32 2 706 85 72
E-mail: thierry.deleeuw@ceb-bec.be
Approval
BEC Approval 2015-03-30
NBN Approval 2015-06-19
Belgian Official Journal 2015-07-03
Registration 157968
Numbers identifying the european directives 2006/95/EC  (Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC (Ex 73/23/EC (LVD 5)))
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 29.140.30
NBN Status New
Date of ratification (d.o.r.) 2015-03-30
Date of availability (d.a.v.) 2015-05-08
Date of announcement (d.o.a.) 2015-09-30
Date of publication (d.o.p.) 2016-03-30
Date of withdrawal former edition (d.o.w.) 2018-03-30
Correspondences with international standards
Relation International standard Date
is identical to EN 60968:2015 2015-05-08
is based on IEC 60968:2015/ed. 3.0 2015-02-05
is based on IEC 60968:2015/COR1:2015/ed. 3.0 2015-03-23
Relations to belgian/foreign publications
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Standard Foreign ISO 4046-4:2002
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Standard Belgium NBN EN 60598-1
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-3-1
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60695-2-10
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60695-2-11:2001
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60901
Standard Belgium NBN EN 61199
Standard Belgium NBN EN 61347-1:2015