The Effects Of Supply Harmomcs On The Performance Of Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Abshncr This paper describes a performance evaluation of ten compact fluorcsccnt lighting systems opcratcd with sinusoidal and distorted voltage waveform conditions. The lamps were cithcr providcd with an electronic ballasL a magnetic core ballast or a magnetic core ballast with a power factor correction circuit The test results show that the elwtricd performanu: of the compact fluorescent lamps for both sinusoidal and distorted voltage waveform operation is relarrd to the different ' y p t s of ballast used. The cost of operation of these compact fluorexent lamps was calculated and compared to the cost of a conventional 60 W incandescent lamp.