Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
other · US Department of Energy · Published 2020-09-14 · Effective 2020-10-14 · 85 FR 56475
Document
Document number
2020-14646
Federal Register citation
85 FR 56475
CFR reference
10 CFR 429
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Energy
Publication date
2020-09-14
Effective date
2020-10-14
Energy docket
EERE-2017-BT-TP-0005
Abstract
On March 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") to amend the test procedure for fluorescent lamp ballasts. That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for the final rule. Specifically, in this final rule, DOE updates references to industry standards; clarifies the selection of reference lamps; removes extraneous requirements in the stabilization procedure; provides a second stabilization option for measuring ballast luminous efficiency; and revises the test procedure for measuring standby mode energy consumption.