Solutions - Lighting Ballasts

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Power Supply Testing
Harmonics and Flicker
Low Power Standby
Motors and Drives
Lighting Ballasts
Testing switched mode power supply transformers
Single-Phase Measurements

In modern electronic lamp drivers, the term ‘ballast’ refers to the complete circuit which provides both the starting conditions and the continuous operating conditions for the lamp. A typical electronic ballast driving two fluorescent tubes is shown to the left.

Even in a single tube application, there are a number of connections to the lamp. Therefore, the measurement of power involves the addition of a number of individual power measurements.

Voltech’s Power Analyzers have a special operating mode for the accurate measurement of voltage, current and power of the complex waveforms (shown right) associated with modern electronic ballasts.
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Lighting Ballast Quick Start Guide for the PM6000 Power Analyzer

Lighting Ballast Quick Start Guide for the PM1000 Power Analyzer

Voltech's technical handbook of lighting ballasts.

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PM1000+
Precision Power Analyzer

Special operating mode measures input and output of electronic ballasts
Bandwidth up to 1 MHz
Interfaces with Voltech Ballast Current Transformer

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PM6000
New Generation Power Analyzer

Special ballast mode for precision input and output measurements
Unbeatable accuracy at both low and high frequencies
Bandwidth 10MHz
Configurable up to 6 channels as required

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