South Korean government plans to establish safety standards for LED fluorescent lamps

According to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Electronic Information Industry Branch, the Technical Standards Institute of the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy will prepare safety standards (cases) for LED fluorescent lamps (converter plug-in type) and make public announcements. South Korea has always been committed to promoting the standardization of LED fluorescent lamps, but no consensus has been reached to develop a unified standard.

At present, the structure of LED fluorescent lamps is mainly divided into three types: one is to install ballasts inside existing fluorescent lamps; the other is to remove ballasts and add an LED-specific converter on the outside; and thirdly, to directly connect the power supply to LED lamps. On the tube. However, when the LED conversion device is mixed with a fluorescent lamp, problems such as lamp damage and ballast heating often occur.

The Technical Standards Institute will develop safety standards in terms of safety detection methods. At the same time, it also provides support for the market development of LED fluorescent lamps. In addition, safety standards for high-quality plug-in converters will be an important basis when setting standards.

In order to prevent mixed use with ordinary fluorescent lamps, the plug-in type LED fluorescent lamp mainly adopts two design methods: one is to use a special bottom bracket (D12); the other is to isolate the bottom bracket from the ordinary daylight (G13).

At present, the safety standards for the converter plug-in type LED fluorescent lamps of the Technical Standards Institute of the Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy mainly have the following characteristics:

1 LED fluorescent lamps with dedicated bottom trays are different from the ordinary fluorescent lamps in terms of their bottom support and appearance, and fundamentally eliminate the mixed use phenomenon.

The two ends of the LED fluorescent lamp are isolated from the power supply interface, and the power supply interface is located in other parts of the lamp.

3 Connect the power supply from one end of the LED fluorescent tube. The safety of this design method is still being tested and safety certification will be obtained if the safety is approved.

The main performance of LED fluorescent lamp is that the light beam can reach over 2100lm, the light efficiency can reach over 90lm/W, and the beam maintenance rate is above 90%. It will be possible to increase these standards next year. The public safety standards include four types of standards: LED sockets, D12 sockets, LED fluorescent lamps, and LED fluorescent lamp converters.