QuickChart EIT 1.

2 – Fluorescent lighting circuits

Mains connection

Safety instructions
Starter
Any experiment using mains electricity
g voltages.
involves life threatening g For this
reason, use safety connecting leads at all
times and be careful to avoid short circuits.

All equipment that is designed to be

earthed must always have the earth
connected.

Always check the wiring of the module

carefully before turning on the power
supply.

Fluorescent lights
Always observe
Al b any regulations
l ti and
d
standards that apply in your locale when
using electrical equipment.

Dual-circuit Ballast Compensating

switch capacitor

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Inductive & inductively compensated circuit

L1
N
PE

A ballast component
p ((a coil)) is wired in series
with the lamp and in parallel with the starter
(glow igniter and suppression capacitor)
cos ≈0.5

A compensating capacitor is wired in parallel

with the mains.
cos ≈0.9
≈0 9

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Dual-lamp circuit

Safety instructions

Any experiment using mains electricity

g voltages.
involves life threatening g For this
reason, use safety connecting leads at all
times and be careful to avoid short circuits.
L1

All equipment that is designed to be N

earthed must always have the earth
connected.
PE
Always check the wiring of the module
carefully before turning on the power
supply.

Al
Always observe
b any regulations
l ti and
d EIT 1.2
1 2 – Fluorescent lighting circuits
standards that apply in your locale when
using electrical equipment.
Dual-lamp circuit

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Capacitive tandem circuit

L1
N
PE

For lamps consuming 4–40

4 40 W. Two lamps (e.g.
2 x 15 W) are wired in series with just one
ballast unit (30 W). cos ≈0.5 capacitive

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