Electronic Ballast Performance Specifications:-

Ballast being the complimentary product to the fluorescent lamp, defines the performance of the lamp in all respects. Our Electronic Ballast prototype with Model "EB-'0'-H/5" and serial No: R&H-999 has been designed, successfully tested and certified, for compliance with the important parameters for testing of Electronic Ballast as per Indian Standards [IS 13021 (Part 1 & 2)1991]. The Indian standards for Electronic Ballasts are directly derived from the corresponding International Electrotechnical Commission Standards (IEC), and hence international product quality is ensured for any Electronic Ballast developed as per these Indian standards.

We are presenting three prototype versions of the Electronic Ballast technology as version 1, 2 and 3, and all of them adhere to the standards in full, as referred herein. These Electronic Ballast prototypes have been developed for perfectly compatible operation with 40-Watt Tubular Fluorescent Lamp (TFL), keeping this as the "reference lamp", and the "reference lamp" adheres to "Indian Standard specifications for TFL for General Lighting service; IS 2418 (Part 2) : 1977". We chose the 40 W Tubular Fluorescent Lamp-TFL (this 40 W TFL is 4 feet in length and is commonly known as “T12 Fluorescent lamp” in the international market) as the standard reference lamp model for development of our Electronic Ballast Technology, as this type of TFL is the one which has the biggest market share in the Indian lighting market. There are 11 different wattages of Tubular Fluorescent Lamps in the Indian market (from 4 watts to 80 watts) and the principle of operation of all the Tubular Fluorescent Lamps are the same; irrespective of its wattage. This means that, once the Electronic Ballast Technology is successfully developed for perfectly compatible operation with one wattage of TFL, the same Electronic Ballast Technology can be “fine tuned” or directly “suited” (by adjusting the values of the components and coils in the Electronic Ballast circuitry) for perfectly compatible operation with all the different wattages of Tubular Fluorescent Lamps in the entire TFL range. Since we have developed all the three versions of our Electronic Ballast Technology for perfectly compatible operation with 40 W TFL (this compatibility is proven by the fact that all the three versions of the Electronic Ballast Technology adhere in full to the parameters of the standards for Electronic Ballasts), it is absolutely clear that, based on the marketing requirements of the manufacturer, all the three versions of this Electronic Ballast Technology can be “fine tuned” for perfectly compatible operation with all the different wattages of Tubular Fluorescent Lamps; without any further technology development.

The Indian Standards for Tubular Fluorescent Lamp (TFL) has also been derived from corresponding IEC standards for TFL's, and their details are given in the link “Ballast standards and Lamp-Ballast Compatibility”. Since the Indian Standards of Tubular Fluorescent Lamp (TFL) and Electronic Ballast are derived from the corresponding International Standards, an Electronic Ballast Technology developed as per the Indian standards have direct global marketability as a product. Creating the perfect compatibility and harmony between the Electronic Ballast and the Tubular Fluorescent Lamp it operates is the most difficult part when it comes to the technology development of the Electronic Ballast, as the standards for Tubular Fluorescent Lamps (both IEC and IS) had been primarily formulated taking into account the operation of the TFL with Magnetic Ballast; and not Electronic Ballast. The performance results as detailed below in the Technical Specifications chart substantiates the perfect harmony between these two.

Specification sheet highlights the salient features of the three prototype versions. All the major tests which evaluate the performance of the technology and its compliance to the Indian Standards for Electronic Ballast have been done as per the parameters of the Standards, and the specification sheet briefly lists out these along with the procedures, and benchmarks. This data sheet is by no means comprehensive and should be analyzed in tandem with the Test Reports and the explanations to the test reports to get the complete picture (available at the link “Electronic Ballast Test Reports”). The relevant details regarding the specifications of the "reference lamp" as in "Indian Standard specifications for TFL for General Lighting service; IS 2418 (Part 2) : 1977" is given in the appropriate places in the Technical Specification chart below. For comprehensive details regarding the same, refer the “Electronic Ballast Test Reports” and their corresponding "Explanations to the test reports". Kindly refer the power profiler snap shots for both versions as given in the site, along with the test reports.

Save for few modifications, Version 2 and 3 are similar to Version 1. For version 2 and 3, only the important test for which there is deviation from version 1 has only been conducted. The compliance to the rest of the parameters for version 2 and 3 to the standards is self-certified by us regarding all the tests done for version 1. It must be noted here that, even though the circuitry and the list of components used for all the three versions are very much similar, there is clear difference in the performance results between all these three versions. All the three versions adhere to the Indian standards for Electronic Ballast in full.After reaching a consensus, we are fully agreeable to proving the Electronic Ballasts compliance to all the tests pertaining to technology as per the standards (for the three versions presented here), and the same can be done as witness testing for the proposed buyer of technology. The details are given in the link “Mode of Technology Transfer”.

The rated input voltage of the ballast is 230 V AC, 50 Hz.