IS 15111-1 Self Ballested Lamps For General Lighting Services

Standard IS 15111:2002( Part 1 ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Electric Lamps and Their Auxiliaries Sectional Committee had been approved by the Electrotechnical Division Council.

The lamps covered under these standards are self ballasted lamp. Such lamps incorporates permanently enclosed element that are necessary for starting and for stable operation and which does not include any replaceable or interchangeable parts.

These lamps are considered as energy efficient lamps and are commonly known as compact fluorescent lamps.

The need of preparing this standard has been realized only after ensuring the manufacturing potential and demand in the country.

There are other types of compact fluorescent lamps, which are the discharge lamp of the low-pressure mercury type having single cap for operations on external circuits with internal or external means of starting. The requirements of such lamps will be covered in a separate standard.

Standard IS 15111:2002( Part 1 ) has been dealt within two parts, one exclusively on safety requirements and the other on performance requirements.

Standard IS 15111:2002( Part 1 ) is based on IEC 60968 (1988)‘Self ballasted lamps for general lighting services, safety requirements’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC) with following modifications:

a) Schedule of type test and acceptance test have been incorporated;
b)Ambient test condition changed to 27°C;
c) Selection of samples incorporated;
d)Conditions of compliances incorporated;
e) Lamps of rating up to 26 W are only covered; and
f)E 26 caps not imncluded.

For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirements of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated expressing the result of a test shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )’. The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in standard IS 15111:2002( Part 1 ).

IS 15111-1:2002 Self Ballested Lamps For General Lighting Services

IS 15111-1:2002 Clause and Subject	LISUN Model
Clause 3.12 Rated Luminous Flux	LPCE-2
Clause 6 Markings	LPCE-2
Clause 8 Test Finger of 10N	SMT-IP20T
Clause 9.2 Insulation Resistance	WB2681A
Clause 10 Torsion Resistance	CH338
Clause 11 CAP TEMPERATURE RISE	WS-1
Clause 12 RESISTANCE TO HEAT	ZBP-T
Clause 12 RESISTANCE TO HEAT	GW-500
Clause 13 RESISTANCE TO FLAME AND IGNITION	ZRS-3H
Clause 14 Flame Tester	ZY-3