CLC/TC 34 - 'Lamps and related equipment

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IEC 60598-1:2024 specifies general safety requirements for luminaires, incorporating electric light sources for operation from supply voltages up to 1 000 V. Requirements for semi-luminaires are included in this document. This tenth edition cancels and replaces the ninth edition published in 2020. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) new structure to comply with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2; b) addition of a new Annex V for comparison with the previous edition; c) revision of 7.32 for SPDs and for SPCs; d) the terms "live part" and "active part" were reviewed and aligned with the definitions of "live part" and "hazardous live part" given in IEC 60050-195; e) revision of 7.14.2 for conductor mechanical stress; f) revision of 14.5.2, Item 4 to include controlgear; g) revision of 9.2.1 (Earthing) with the deletion of the word "permanently"; h) revision of Annex N: earth continuity test time; i) revision of 7.11.4; 7.14.1; Table 22 (14.4.3): Introduction of requirements for suspension by magnets; j) addition of a new Annex W for luminaires using batteries; k) clarification of Clause 6 for marking requirements for nature of supply; l) addition of a new Subclause 7.31.5: Additional requirements for luminaires using controllable controlgear providing SELV output(s); m) revision of 6.4.16: Information to be provided for luminaire having protective earth current > 10 mA; n) revision of 6.3.23; 6.4.18; 6.4.24; 7.30 and 10.2.1 for serviceable, non-user serviceable and non-serviceable components; o) revision of Annex D: Draught-proof enclosure; p) revision of 8.2.1 and 13.2.1: Inconsistencies in the inclusion of the limits of voltage ranges; q) revision of 9.2.10 for looping-in; r) Revision of Clause 2 and 7.8: update of the reference to IEC 61058-1-1, IEC 61058-1-2 and IEC 61058­2­1. Update of temperature limits in Table 21 (14.4.3) for luminaires incorporating switches according to IEC 60669-1 or IEC 60669-2-1; s) revision of 6.3.22 and 7.24 for photobiological safety; t) addition of a new Subclause 6.3.27 for marking of mains socket outlet moved from information requirements.

IEC 61347-2-11:2024 specifies safety requirements for miscellaneous electronic circuits used with luminaires for use on DC supplies up to 1 500 V or on AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2001 and Amendment 1: 2017. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) alignment with respect to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1: - introduction of dated references to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1 as appropriate; - deletion of clauses and subclauses which are either no longer relevant or now covered in IEC 61347-1; b) scope extension to 1 500 V for direct current; c) scope clarification; d) revision of information and marking requirements; e) addition of requirements for the determination of the output working voltage (new Clause 17).

IEC 61347-2-3:2024 is available as IEC 61347-2-3:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 61347-2-3:2024 specifies safety requirements for electronic controlgear for use on AC supplies at 50 Hz or 60 Hz up to 1 000 V or on DC supplies up to 1 000 V with lamp operating frequencies deviating from the supply frequency, associated with fluorescent lamps as specified in IEC 60081 and IEC 60901, low-pressure UV lamps, and other fluorescent lamps for high-frequency operation. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2011 and Amendment 1:2016. 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) alignment of clause numbers with those of IEC 61347-1.

IEC 61347-2-10:2024 is available as IEC 61347-2-10:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 61347-2-10:2024 specifies safety requirements for electronic controlgear for high-frequency operation of tubular cold-cathode discharge lamps used in signs and luminous discharge tube installations and operating with an output voltage exceeding 1 000 V but not exceeding 10 000 V for direct connection to DC or AC supply voltages not exceeding 1 000 V (at 50 Hz or 60 Hz in case of alternating current). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2000 and Amendment 1:2008. 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 as appropriate; b) clarification of sample item numbers.

IEC 61347-1:2024 specifies general safety requirements for controlgear for electric light sources for use on DC supplies up to 1 500 V or AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2015 and Amendment 1:2017. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) complete review of document structure, including but not limited to what is individually described under items b) to s); b) removal of requirements for electromagnetic controlgear; c) addition of more specific requirements for control circuit insulation and corresponding marking; d) merging of thermal test requirements for transformers into a new Clause 16; e) clarification of specifications for the moisture resistance test; f) update of the normative reference to standards of the transformer series IEC 61558; g) correction of the normative reference for PCB testing with respect to flames and fire; h) update of further normative references where appropriate; i) allowance of an alternative DC electric strength test; j) addition of specific provisions for the use of bridging capacitors; k) update of fire hazard testing requirements; l) introduction of requirements for PELV applications; m) clearance distances now generally based on peak instead of RMS voltage values; n) introduction of a new type of protected emergency lighting controlgear; o) review and clarification of touch current and voltage requirements; p) clarification of the test sequence for independent controlgear with respect to the application of the IEC 60598 series versus the IEC 61347 series; q) introduction of reduced touch voltages and currents for interrupted DC voltage applications or pulse width modulation (PWM); r) changes concerning the recommendations for electric strength routine testing; s) merging of requirements for safety isolating controlgear from former Annex L into the main body of the document; t) introduction of Annex N intended to address touch current measurement; u) introduction of Annex O intended to provide information on document reorganization.

IEC 61347-2-12:2024 is available as IEC 61347-2-12:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.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).

IEC 61347-2-8:2024 is available as IEC 61347-2-8:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 61347-2-8:2024 specifies safety requirements for ballasts, excluding resistance types, for use on AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz, associated with fluorescent lamps with or without pre-heated cathodes operated with or without a starter or starting device and having rated powers, dimensions and characteristics as specified in IEC 60081 and IEC 60901. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2000 and Amendment 1:2006. 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) alignment of clause numbers with those of IEC 61347-1.

IEC 61347-2-13:2024 specifies safety requirements for electronic controlgear for LED light sources for use on DC supplies up to 1 500 V or on AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This document is applicable for electronic controlgear for LED light sources with an output voltage (RMS) not higher than 1 000 V. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2014 and Amendment 1:2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) alignment with respect to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1: - introduction of dated references to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1 as appropriate; - deletion of the clauses and subclauses which are either no longer relevant or now covered in IEC 61347-1; b) update of normative references, introducing dated references where appropriate; c) scope extension to 1 500 V for direct current; d) scope clarification; e) deletion of unused definitions; f) revision of information and marking requirements; g) new marking requirement "electronic controlgear for LED light sources"; h) new requirements for electronic controlgear for LED light sources with constant light output function or programmable current (additions to Clause 3, Clause 6, Clause 16 and Clause 18); i) modification of requirements for the determination of the output working voltage (new Clause 17); j) new requirements for the determination of the rated output characteristics (Clause 18).

IEC 61347-2-2:2024 specifies safety requirements for electronic step-down convertors for use on DC supplies of up to 1 500 V or AC supplies of up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz, and with a rated output voltage ≤ 50 V (RMS) at a frequency deviating from the supply frequency, or 120 V ripple free DC between conductors and between any conductor and earth, associated with tungsten-halogen lamps as specified in IEC 60357, and other filament lamps. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) alignment with respect to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1; - introduction of dated references to the fourth edition of IEC 61347-1 as appropriate; - deletion of the clauses and subclauses which are either no longer relevant or now covered in IEC 61347-1; b) scope extension to 1 500 V for direct current; c) scope clarification; d) deletion of unused definitions; e) revision of information and marking requirements; f) revision of compliance conditions for the measurement of the output voltage during fault condition testing and during thermal testing.

IEC 63356-2:2024 is available as IEC 63356-2:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 63356-2:2024 specifies design parameters and design values of an LED light source or related interface characteristics. NOTE 1 Interface characteristics can cover interfaces between the LED light source and the luminaire or the controlgear, or the LED light source and additional attachments. NOTE 2 Interfaces can be related to for example electrical, mechanical, or optical aspects. This document does not cover interchangeability between products from different LED light source manufacturers. NOTE 3 Interchangeability is covered by IEC 63356-1. Lamp caps and lampholders specified in the IEC 60061 series are not within the scope of this document. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2022. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) a new Clause 6 for circular LED modules with a circular light emitting surface for spot lighting has been added; b) a new Clause 7 for LEDni modules with a rectangular shape and a circular light emitting surface has been added.

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IEC 61347-2-1:2024 is available as IEC 61347-2-1:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 61347-2-1:2024 specifies safety requirements for starting devices (starters other than glow starters and ignitors) for fluorescent and other discharge lamps for use on AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz which produce starting pulses not greater than 100 kV and which are used in combination with lamps and controlgear covered in IEC 60081, IEC 60188, IEC 60192, IEC 60662, IEC 60901, IEC 61167, IEC 61195, IEC 61199, IEC 61347-2-8 and IEC 61347-2-9. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2000, Amendment 1:2005 and Amendment 2:2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) update of normative references, introducing dated references where appropriate; b) clarification of sample item numbers; c) alignment of clause numbers with those of IEC 61347-1; d) renumbering of Clause 15 and Clause 16.

This part of IEC 60598 specifies requirements for recessed luminaires incorporating electric light sources for operation from supply voltages up to 1 000 V. It also specifies requirements for recessed air-handling luminaires for use with a ventilation duct or ventilated space (plenum). NOTE The expressions “ventilation” and “ventilated” in this section refer to forced ventilation.

IEC 63403-1:2024 specifies the requirements for specification sheets relating to LED packages designed for horticultural lighting purposes. LED packages designed for horticultural lighting purposes in this document can be designed for emission of white light or emission of optical radiation at specified wavelengths. LED packages for horticultural lighting purposes are usually designed into LED modules or luminaires. This document does not contain compliance criteria, which can be affected by module or luminaire design, and are assumed to be plant species and growth stage dependent.

IEC 63403-2:2024 specifies the binning method for LED packages for horticultural lighting.

IEC 62386-306:2023 is applicable to input devices that provide sensor information or measurements to the lighting control system. This document is only applicable to input devices complying with IEC 62386-103.

IEC 63356-1:2023 specifies data sheets of LED lamps and LED modules with a series of parameters per data sheet for a specific LED light source that enables interchangeability between products from different LED light source manufacturers. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2022. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) addition of datasheets for GH36d capped LED lamps; b) addition of datasheets for GJ6.6t and GJ6.6d-1 capped LED lamps; c) addition of datasheets for GR6d capped LED lamps.

IEC 62386-305:2023 is applicable to input devices that provide the lighting control system with colour information by colour sensing. This document is only applicable to IEC 62386-103 input devices that deliver colour information to the lighting control system through colour sensing.

IEC 62386-253:2023 specifies the information related to diagnostics and maintenance information accessible through memory banks. This document builds on the digital addressable lighting interface as specified in the IEC 62386 series, by adding specific requirements for data exchange. The information given for light sources in this document is specific to LED light sources. This document is only applicable to control gear complying with IEC 62386-102.

IEC 62386-250:2023 specifies the characteristics of a bus power supply integrated in a control gear. This document builds on the digital addressable lighting interface as specified in the IEC 62386 series. This document is only applicable to control gear complying with IEC 62386-102.

IEC 62386-252:2023 specifies the information related to energy reporting accessible through memory banks in control gear. This document builds on the digital addressable lighting interface as specified in the IEC 62386 series, by adding specific requirements for data exchange. This document is only applicable to control gear complying with IEC 62386-102.

IEC 62386-251:2023 specifies an extension to memory bank 1 to enable asset management functionality. This document builds on the digital addressable lighting interface as specified in the IEC 62386 series. This document is only applicable to control gear complying with IEC 62386-102.

This document specifies safety requirements for radio-integrated lighting equipment. NOTE 1 Examples for lighting equipment are light sources, lamps, luminaires and controlgear for light sources. NOTE 2 With the radio equipment integrated into the lighting equipment, the lighting equipment itself becomes radio equipment which is subject to the provisions of the RED.

IEC 62386-150:2023 specifies the minimum requirements for an auxiliary (AUX) power supply that can be used to power a load, such as a sensor or communication device.

IEC 62471-7:2023 specifies an assessment of the photobiological safety of electrical light sources and luminaires in normal use as well as some basic product requirements. It applies to electrical light sources and luminaires that emit radiation predominantly in the visible spectral range (380 nm to 780 nm) and are used to illuminate spaces or objects or used for signalling.

IEC 62722-2-1:2023 specifies the performance requirements for LED luminaires, together with the test methods and conditions. It applies to LED luminaires for general lighting purposes. Semi-luminaires are not covered under the scope of this document. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2014. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
alignment with IEC 62717:2014, IEC 62717:2014/AMD1:2015 and IEC 62717:2014/AMD2:2019;
clarification of temperature requirements for the maintenance test, in 10.2 and Annex A;
introduction of a new Annex C on methods for calculation and measurements of parameters for extension of electric and photometric data.

IEC 62386-202:2022 is applicable to control gear for control by digital signals of electronic lighting equipment which is associated with self-contained emergency lighting as described in IEC 61347-2-7 with additional control interface for configuring emergency operation. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2009. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
scope updated,
hardwired switch operation can be disabled,
installation inhibit feature added,
memory bank added,
modes of operation clarified, with some changes and additions,
command added to enter extended emergency mode,
command added to extend time in duration test mode.

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IEC 62386-103:2022 is applicable to control devices for control by digital signals of electronic lighting equipment. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2014 and Amendment 1:2018. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
the scope has been updated;
quiescent mode has been updated;
non-volatile memory (NVM) save time has been added, and SAVE PERSISTENT VARIABLES command removed;
memory bank 0 has been modified, and common memory bank requirements have been added;
IDENTIFY DEVICE has been updated;
version number has been changed;
bus unit configuration has been added; and
instance types and configuration have been added.

IEC 62386-101:2022 is applicable to system components in a bus system for control by digital signals of electronic lighting equipment. The control methods, algorithms and data exchange methods of application controllers used for lighting control are not within the scope of the IEC 62386 series. EMC requirements are not within the scope of the IEC 62386 series. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2014 and Amendment 1:2018. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
the scope has been updated;
safety and earthing have been updated and extended;
references have been updated;
the use of bus-power and external-power has been clarified;
polarity sensitivity for bus units including a bus power supply has been updated;
frame sizes of 32 bits are no longer reserved.

IEC 62386-102:2022 is applicable to control gear for control by digital signals of electronic lighting equipment. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2014 and Amendment 1:2018. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:  
the scope has been updated;
references have been updated;
memory bank reading of multi-byte values has been added;
memory bank 0 and common memory bank requirements have been updated;
reserved memory banks have been updated;
non-volatile memory (NVM) save time has been added, and SAVE PERSISTENT VARIABLES removed;
version number has been updated;
bus unit configuration has been added.

NEW!IEC 62031:2018 is available as IEC 62031:2018 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 62031:2018 specifies general and safety requirements for light-emitting diode (LED) modules: - non-integrated LED modules (LEDni modules) and semi-integrated LED modules (LEDsi modules) for operation under constant voltage, constant current or constant power; - Integrated LED modules (LEDi modules) for use on DC supplies up to 250 V or AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2008, Amendment 1:2012 and Amendment 2:2014. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a. the scope was clarified as well as the wording in several other clauses; b. the normative references were updated; c. the definitions for "replaceable LED module", "non-replaceable LED module" and "non-user replaceable LED module" were introduced while other definitions covered by IEC 62504 have been removed; d. the marking clause was restructured and a table added to provide an informative overview; e. the marking requirements for built-in LED modules were changed; f. the entry for the marking with the working voltage was revised; g. the provisions for terminals and heat management were revised; h. Annex B was deleted; i. information for luminaire design with regard to working voltage and water contact was introduced; j. an abnormal temperature test was introduced.