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» 5 Proper compensation of reactive power with magnetic ballasts
-- Lighting Tutorial
---- 1 Introductory notes
---- 2 The basics of physics
---- 3 The working principle with magnetic ballasts
------ 3.1 Important for getting started: The correct starter
-------- 3.1.1 The starting process with the usual suboptimal glow starter
-------- 3.1.2 The starting process with the optimal electronic starter
-------- 3.1.3 The starting process and the lamp lifetime expectancy
------ 3.2 Operation
------ 3.3 Dimmability and its price
---- 4 Possible disturbances with magnetic ballasts
------ 4.1 Emission of disturbances from magnetic ballasts
------ 4.2 Susceptibility of magnetic ballasts to disturbances
------ 4.3 Reliability of magnetic ballasts
---- 5 Proper compensation of reactive power with magnetic ballasts
------ 5.1 General issues
------ 5.2 Special aspects when compensating small lamps
---- 6 The working principle with electronic ballasts
---- 7 Possible disturbances with electronic ballasts
------ 7.1 Emission of disturbances from electronic ballasts
------ 7.2 Susceptibility of electronic ballasts to disturbances
------ 7.3 Reliability of electronic ballasts
---- 8 Energy efficiency
------ 8.1 Do away with old rumours
------ 8.2 Old EU Directive
------ 8.3 New EU Directive
------ 8.4 Avoiding avoidable losses in small fluorescent lamps
------ 8.5 How to make magnetic ballasts more efficient than electronic ones
-------- 8.5.1 Warranty
-------- 8.5.2 Alternative solutions
-------- 8.5.3 Conclusions
------ 8.6 Are the new T8 lamps with reduced power ratings more efficient?
------ 8.7 Are T5 lamps more efficient?
------ 8.8 Energy savings due to high frequency
------ 8.9 Energy savings with dimmable ballasts
---- 9 Downloads / recordings
------ 9.1 Presentation on lighting
------ 9.3 Brochure on optimised fluorescent lighting
------ 9.2 This tutorial as a PDF
------ 9.4 Web presentation recording
5 Proper compensation of reactive power with magnetic ballasts
By:
Stefan Fassbinder
/ Published on:
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 09:12
Lighting Tutorial
5.1 General issues
5.2 Special aspects when compensating small lamps
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