ANSI ANSLG C78.380-2007 For Electric Lamps-High-In

ANSI_ANSLGC78.380-2007ProposedRevisionofANSIC78.380-2005AmericanNationalStandardApprovedJuly11,2007Secretariat:AmericanNationalStandardLightingGroupForElectricLamps-High-IntensityDischargeLamps,MethodofDesignationAnAmericanNationalStandardimpliesaconsensusofthosesubstantiallyconcernedwithitsscopeandprovisions.Itisintendedasaguidetoaidthemanufacturer,theconsumer,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanAmericanNationalStandarddoesnotinanyrespectprecludeanyone,whetherhehasapprovedthestandardornot,frommanufacturing,marketing,purchasing,orusingproducts,processes,orproceduresnotconformingtothestandards.Usersarecautionedtoobtainthelatesteditions.TheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitutedoesnotdevelopstandardsandwillinnocircumstancesgiveaninterpretationofanyAmericanNationalStandard.Moreover,nopersonshallhavetherightorauthoritytoissueaninterpretationofanAmericanNationalStandardinthenameoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.CAUTIONNOTICE:ThisAmericanNationalStandardmayberevisedorwithdrawnatanytime.TheproceduresoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstituterequirethatactionbetakenperiodicallytoreaffirm,revise,orwithdrawthisstandard.PurchasersofAmericanNationalStandardsmayreceivecurrentinformationonallstandardsbycallingorwritingtheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.Copyright©2007byAmericanNationalStandardLightingGroupPage1of16ANSI_ANSLGC78.380-2007ProposedRevisionofANSIC78.380-2005AmericanNationalStandardApprovalofanAmericanNationalStandardrequiresverificationbyANSIthattherequirementsfordueprocess,consensus,andothercriteriaforapprovalhavebeenmetbythestandardsdeveloper.Consensusisestablishedwhen,inthejudgmentoftheANSIBoardofStandardsReview,substantialagreementhasbeenreachedbydirectlyandmateriallyaffectedinterests.Substantialagreementmeansmuchmorethanasimplemajority,butnotnecessarilyunanimity.Consensusrequiresthatallviewsandobjectionsbeconsidered,andthataconcertedeffortbemadetowardtheirresolution.TheuseofAmericanNationalStandardsiscompletelyvoluntary;theirexistencedoesnotinanyrespectprecludeanyone,whetherhehasapprovedthestandardsornot,frommanufacturing,marketing,purchasing,orusingproducts,processes,orproceduresnotconformingtothestandards.TheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitutedoesnotdevelopstandardsandwillinnocircumstancesgiveaninterpretationofanyAmericanNationalStandard.Moreover,nopersonshallhavetherightorauthoritytoissueaninterpretationofanAmericanNationalStandardinthenameoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.Requestsforinterpretationsshouldbeaddressedtothesecretariatorsponsorwhosenameappearsonthetitlepageofthisstandard.CAUTIONNOTICE:ThisAmericanNationalStandardmayberevisedorwithdrawnatanytime.TheproceduresoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstituterequirethatactionbetakenperiodicallytoreaffirm,revise,orwithdrawthisstandard.PurchasersofAmericanNationalStandardsmayreceivecurrentinformationonallstandardsbycallingorwritingtheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.Copyright©2007byAmericanNationalStandardLightingGroupAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaCopyright©2007byAmericanNationalStandardLightingGroupPage2of16TheStandardisdownloadedfrom(ThisforewordisnotpartofAmericanNationalStandardC78.380-2007).SuggestionsforimprovementofthisstandardshouldbesubmittedtotheSecretariatC78,AmericanNationalStandardLightingGroup,1300North17thStreet,Suite1752,Rossslyn,VA22209.ThisstandardwasprocessedandapprovedbyAccreditedStandardsCommitteeonElectricLamps,C78,anditsWorkGroupC78WG04.Committeeapprovalofthestandarddoesnotnecessarilyimplythatallcommitteemembersvotedforthatapproval.Informationconcerningtheapprovalofthisstandardisbasedonthedocumentslistedinthetablebelow:Amendment/ChangeCDVRVRevision78(4)/425878(4)/4259SelmarDorsey,Vice-Chair,C78DavidMullen&RandolphRoy,TechnicalCoordinatorsRandolphN.Roy,ANSLGSecretariatMattClark,SeniorEditorCopyright©2007byAmericanNationalStandardLightingGroupPage3of16ANSI_ANSLGC78.380-2007ProposedRevisionofANSIC78.380-2005TableofContentsForeword............................................................................................................31Scope......................................................................................................52Purpose...................................................................................................53Normativereferences..............................................................................54Definitions...........................................................................................65Descriptions...........................................................................................65.1General...........................................................................................65.2Lamptypeclassificationletter.................................................................75.3Electricalcharacteristicnumber.....