Lighting Controls 2013

ALA technical meeting

May 7 and 8, 2013

Don Berlin

Topics.

Types of controls used with lighting.

Effect of Lighting loads on lighting controls
Compatibility/inrush issues
Update on safety standards for controls.
Energy efficiency standards

Types of Lighting Controls

Occupancy and Vacancy Sensor
Photocontrols
Timers
Dimmers
Energy Management Equipment
Daylight Harvesting Systems
Manual Snap Switch
(may be hard contacts or electronic switch)

Effect of Lighting loads on lighting controls

Switching capacity and device rating
Inrush
Actual load vs. switch rating

Retrofit applications and operational

compatibility
Switch contact life
Neutral (grounded conductor) may or may not
be present. New construction now requires N
per NEC be provided at switch.

Compatibility/inrush issues
Present Agency endurance rating test
loads
Tungsten high inrush 8 to 11 times load rating.
(5 Amp = 50 Amp inrush on make)
Inductive inrush of 1.5 times load rating at .8
power factor.
Ballast 2 times load rating inrush at .4/.5 PF
(typical of mercury vapor lighting)
Electronic Ballast NEMA 410 - Very high inrush
up to 50 times rated load (5 A, 120 V, 192 A
inrush, 2.1ms.) CFL and LED fixtures simillar.

Compatibility/inrush issues
Present field test loads
Grounding and switch installation
Ground may be used to carry switch control
circuit current when Neutral not present.

Actual loads in field

HID lighting usually include a igniter circuit with a
very high inrush spike (20 Times rating).
Electronic ballast, CFL, and LED lamps have very
high inrush often up to 80 times rated load for up
to 4 mS.
Tungsten, oldest type of load and very
predictable.

Compatibility/inrush issues
Some lighting controls require bleed through
current to run the sensor or timing circuit.
These may not work with all CFL or LED lamps.

Update on safety standards for controls.

NEC update to Outlet Box Hoods will require
all hoods to be of the Extra Duty type to
minimize cover from detaching from base.
UL1838 requires this type of device to be
specified in the instructions. UL153 may be
next.

Update on safety standards for controls.

New electronic ballast, CFL, or LED designs not
required to control or mark inrush current
Electronic ballast ratings not currently in control
standards except for UL508 industrial controls.
Control switching never designed or tested for these
types of loads
Industry and agencies only now starting to focus on
working together to solve a growing problem
UL773A and 1572 are under revision and will include
Electronic Ballast test.
Naming convention to identify Magnetic Ballast from
Electronic Ballast being updated in some UL
standards.

Energy efficiency standards

California title 20 and 24.
Moved stand alone lighting controls from title 24
to title 20 Effective January 2014.
Title 24 revision effective February 2013
Added additional requirement for use of
occupancy sensors in more locations.

Energy efficiency standards

NEMA SSL-7A-2013 Phase cut Dimming for
Solid State Lighting: Basic compatibility.
Provides compatibility requirements when a
forward phase cut dimmer is combined with
one or more dimmable LED Light Engines
(LLEs). New and available from NEMA

Energy efficiency standards

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010
Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-rise
Residential Buildings.
By Oct. 18, 2013, all states must certify to the
Department of Energy that they have updated the
provisions of their commercial building code
regarding energy management efficiency to meet
or exceed ASHRAE 90.1 2010.