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Insignia 200

Product News Friday, January 6, 2006: Tunewell Juice Group

Insignia 200 A31/A47

Instant start fluorescent ballasts, designed for the signage market, with the ability to sense when a lamp fails and automatically switch to a "stand by" lamp.

The Insignia 200 range are high energy instant start electronic ballasts, produced to power all T8 fluorescent lamps.

Due to the Insignia ballasts unique current control it can power all wattage's in the T8 range from 18W to 70W.

You can run up to five tubes with a circuit power of 180 watts.

Lamps are ignited by using a high energy instant start. This is the most energy efficient starting method for fluorescent lamp ballasting. Other benefits include easier installation due to less complicated wring.

All lamps are wired up by a single wire in series.

If required a "stand by" lamp can be wired in parallel.

When the lamp in series fails to strike, the Insignia ballast will sense the failure and will turn ignite the "stand by" lamp.

The added cost of the extra "stand by" lamp is nothing in comparison to a lamp replacing programme. Depending on the lamps* used this could mean up to 100,000 hours.

Lamp life - Lamp ignition
The Insignia 200 has a very high energized instant start ignition process, ensuring a long lamp life. Over 50,000 rapid cycling switches achieved* (16sec on/65 sec off) on the Automatic Lamp Replacement system.

Mutiple Lamps
The insignia 200 range can power multiples of lamps, for example it can run 10 x 36W T8 4ft lamps (5 in "stand by" mode)

Environmental and legal requirements
With the new European Directive 200/55/EC in place, all high loss magnetic ballasts are now banned (Class D) and all magnetic ballasts with moderate losses (Class C) will be banned from distribution or installation after 21/11/2005. The Insignia 200 in most cases is equivalent to the CELMA rating A2 (maximum lamp loading) or at worst A3 (minimum lamp loading). This ballast rating will also help companies trying to implement the environmental standard ISO 14001.

Safety
The Insignia 200 range fully incorporates open circuit detection and earth leakage protection circuitry. If a tube is broken or there is a voltage fault to earth the insignia will sense the fault and remove all output power.

Dimensions
Height	38mm
Length	404mm
Width	40mm
Weight	0.46kgs

Lamp matrix
INS-2-431

15W T8 x 5
30W T8 x 5
36W T8 x 5
58w T8 x 4} At lower lumen output
70w T8 x 3} At lower lumen output
24W HO T5 x 5
39W HO T5 x 4
PL-L4 Pin 36W x 5
PL-L4 Pin 40W x 4

You can mix lamps - up to 180W/5lamps

INS-2-A47

58W T8 x 3
70W T8 x 2
54W HO T5 x 3
80W HO T5 x 2
PL-L4 Pin 55W x 3
PL-L4 Pin 80W x 2

You can mix lamps - up to 180W/5 lamps

Specification
Input Voltage	190-264V
Current	>2A
Power Factor	>0.97
Input Frequency	50/60Hz
Output Frequency	50KHz nom.
Temperature	-20/+50°C
IP Rating	20

Standards
EN55015
EN61000-3-
EN61000-3-3
EN61547
European community regulations
EEC-89/336 and relevant markings