South Africa - Proposed Compulsory Specification for General Service Lamps (GSLs)

Compulsory Specification for Energy Efficiency and Functional Performance Requirements of General Service Lamps (GSLs)-VC 9109​.

This proposed compulsory specification is published on the South African official gazette website, covers the energy efficiency and functional performance for general lighting directional and non-directional lamps of all shapes and finishes; using incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, light emitting diode (LED), and other light source technologies (not including high-intensity discharge lamps); that also satisfies a) to d):

a) Capable of operating on a voltage up to 300V of either direct current or alternating current with a frequency of 50Hz;

b) Emitting light with a total luminous flux of 60 to 3300 lumens;

c) Light emission with the chromaticity coordinates (x, y) that are within the range (shown in Figure 1):
(i) 0.250 < x < 0.570 and
(ii) - 2.3172 x² + 2.3653 x - 0.2400 < y < 2.3172 x² + 2.3653 x - 0.1400;

d) a lamp base which can be connected to one of the following general service lamp sockets:

(i) Screw base types: E11, E12, E14, E17, E26 or E27, or
(ii) Bayonet base types: B15d, BA15d, B22, B22d or BC22, or
(iii) Pin base types: G4, GU4, G5.3, GU5.3, GX5.3, GY6.35, G9, GU10,GZ10 or GX53 base, or
(iv) R7s, or
(v) Alternative base types which can be connected to the above lamp base sockets by using commercially available passive adaptors."