Lighting Safety Regulations and Product Safety Series｜Part 7
With the new version of the 116-year-old indoor lighting inspection regulations on the road, not only the safety regulations have been updated, but the performance test methods and tube categories have also been adjusted simultaneously.
Many industries actually found out after sending them for inspection: "There have been more test items, categories have been included, and the old delivery method is no longer applicable. 」
From a practical perspective, this article organizes how performance tests have changed and which products have been re-listed.
Why is the "performance test method" the key this time?
In the past, most performance tests focused on "single conditions and most favorable settings", but the new version in 2016 clearly requiresDeclaration needs to be verifiable。
The core spirit of the new system is：Performance is not a claimed value, but a fact that can be fully measured.
Three major changes in performance testing methods in 2016(Key points)
The impact of the new version of the regulations on performance testing can be condensed into three directions：
1. Reading and writing desk lamp: comprehensive measurement of multi-color temperature and operating conditions
- Segmented adjustable color temperature：All declared segments must be tested
- Stepless adjustable color temperature：The highest/lowest color temperature must be measured
- Illuminance and uniformity: must be measured at the "actual operating position and declared distance"
Avoid only measuring the "best-looking paragraph".
2. The hazard of blue light in the whole lamp is incorporated into the performance thinking
- If the light source is not excluded，The hazard of blue light needs to be assessed based on the status of the whole lamp
- Evaluation basis：CNS 62471-7
- Lampshade, light output area, and use distance will all affect the grading result
Blu-ray is no longer just a condition attached to safety regulations, but a part of actual performance.
3. Drive consistency affects performance results
- Built-in or independent LED driver
- Need to have BSMI certificate, Otherwise it must be tested with the light (CNS 61347-1 / -2-13 )
Driver differences will directly cause luminous flux, flicker and chromaticity drift.
List the key points of substantive changes in the category
116 years of correction and synchronous adjustment Listing and exclusion boundaries, contains：
(Once the product positioning falls within the scope of listed management, a complete inspection must be completed)
- New column tube: Mobile induction lamps, camping lamps
- Re-containment of the original excluded items: Some lamp combinations with battery and port
- Effective schedule: The new system will be fully applicable from 116/07/01
Which lamps and lanterns are not in the scope of inspection? The following conditions can be excluded from this inspection：
- Use only USB 5V power supply(No transformer, no built-in battery)
- Use only Car cigarette lighter power supply
- use Industrial-grade three-phase power supply
- Use only disposable dry batteries (No. 3 and No. 4 batteries)
- Products that have been identified as toys and passed toy inspection
Reminder of common risks in the industry
- ❌ Still send the test under the old version conditions → It is easy to be required to retest or return the product
- → Declare that the segment is inconsistent with the actual measurement → Determine that the test is incomplete
- 未 Category boundaries have not been counted in advance → The listing schedule is delayed
Most of the problems are not that the product is unqualified, but Did not keep up with the changes in the following management and measurement methods。
Practical response Plan for Jinghong Inspection
Jinghong Inspection provides One-stop support for the inspection of indoor lamps and lanterns in the new version of 2016, contains：
- CNS 14335 Safety Regulation + Performance test
- Reading and writing table lamp, multi-color temperature, multi-condition measurement and planning
- Blue light hazard assessment of the whole lamp
- Manage categories and document inventory to reduce the risk of replenishment
Assist the industry to complete the inspection stably during the switching of the new system.
Jinghong recommends
The new version of the indoor lighting regulations in 2016, what really changed is"Performance must be fully verifiable" and "Category boundaries redefined"。
The earlier you take stock of the test conditions and the positioning of the column tube, the more you can avoid getting stuck after the new system is fully applied.
Jinghong Inspection will continue to use the role of a third-party laboratory to assist the industry in steadily completing the safety regulations and performance verification of lamps and lanterns under the new system.
Extended learning (Audio and video version)
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