As a new generation of green lighting, LED products have gradually increased to global applications. At the same time, with the recovery of the global economic situation and the development of China's LED industry, the scale of China's semiconductor lighting industry continues to grow, and LED general lighting is still the most important market development. driving force.
The export of LED lighting products in China shows that overseas markets are everywhere, and the structure of export areas is more balanced. Among them, the North American and EU markets have become the two largest regions for the export of LED products in China, but the requirements for the regulations of LED lamps in the two regions vary to varying degrees. How to meet the regulatory requirements of the two places and the market demand has always been made in China. Business concerns.
1. US, Canada access requirements
LED luminaire products exported to the North American market also require electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, energy efficiency, and chemical testing requirements that meet US regulatory requirements; however, these requirements differ from EU directive requirements to varying degrees:
a. Electrical safety test
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the US Department of Labor requires that products used in the workplace must be tested and certified by the National Accreditation Laboratory (NRTL) to ensure the safety of the user, so most electrical products enter The US market must comply with the NRTL mark, and OSHA authorizes international certification bodies to be tested and certified by the NRTL issuing authority in accordance with the applicable standards of the product; for the Canadian market, electrical products sold in Canada or imported into Canada must be verified. Testing must be performed by a laboratory accredited by the Canadian Standards Council (SCC).
North American luminaire standards are significantly different from the European Union IEC, and North American electrical safety testing does not require consideration of EMF requirements. North American luminaire standards are generally determined by the scope of the installation and the location of use.
For example: fixed ceiling lamps, embedded ceiling lamps, etc. The applicable standards are ANSI/UL 1598 and CAN/CSA C22.2 No.250.0. If these lamps are LED light sources, additional consideration is required for ANSI/ UL 8750 and CSA C22.2 No.250.13; LED lamps with built-in electronic power supply, in addition to the test of the series of lamps, the built-in electronic power supply line must also meet the requirements of UL1310 or UL60950-1.
b. Energy efficiency test
Some regions in the United States also provide different levels of financial subsidies for ENERGY STAR or DLC-certified luminaire products; current energy efficiency tests for LED bulbs and luminaires in the United States are mainly focused on ENERGY STAR and DLC for LED luminaires, which are owned by Lighting Factslabel. Voluntary requirements, the US Federal Minimum Energy Efficiency Requirements (DOE) have not yet included LED bulbs and LED luminaires in control. However, in the California area, mobile LED luminaires must meet the special requirements of California energy consumption.
1) ENERGY STAR Energy Star Certification
The ENERGY STAR ENERGY STAR logo was created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that the energy efficiency of the listed products meets regulatory requirements, but it is a voluntary test.
Currently for LED bulb products, Energy Star Lampsprogram V1.1 and the latest version of V2.0 can be adopted, but from January 2, 2017, must use Lampsprogram V2.0; for LED lighting products, ENERGY STAR test requirements version Luminaire program V2.0 has officially entered into force on June 1, 2016.
There are three main types of LED bulbs: non-directional lamps, directional lamps and non-standard lamps. ENERGY STAR has strict requirements on the relevant photoelectric parameters, flash frequency and lumen maintenance and life of LED bulbs. The test methods refer to LM-79 and LM-80 standards.
In the new Energy Star regular light bulb LampV2.0, the light efficiency requirements of the light bulb have been greatly improved, the product performance and range have been broadened, and the classification level of energy efficiency and performance has been increased. The EPA will continue to focus on power factor, dimming, flickering, accelerated aging solutions and connectable products.
2) Lighting Facts Label Energy Efficiency Certification
It is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling project announced by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Currently it is only for LED lighting products. It is intended to be “Give them the Facts†in order to make lighting products more specific and credible. The requirements of the product are disclosed in five aspects: lumen lm, initial light efficiency lm/W, input power W, correlated color temperature CCT, color rendering index CRI. The range of LED lighting products applicable to this project is: complete lamps for AC mains or DC power supply, low voltage 12V AC or DC lamps, LED lamps with separable power supply, linear or modular products.
3) Energy efficiency certification of DLC
The full name of DLC is "The Design Lights Consortium". A voluntary energy efficiency certification program initiated by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), the DLC certified product catalogue is used for high performance not covered by the ENERGY STAR standard throughout the United States. The promotion of LED lamps.
The current version of the DLC technical requirements form is the V4.0 version that was implemented on September 1, 2016. The lighting products involved are mainly used in outdoor commercial and industrial building LED lamps, such as outdoor wall lamps, garage lights, industrial and mining. Lighting products such as lamps, outdoor LED lamps and LED tubes. Its main performance requirements for the product: total luminous flux, annular luminous flux, luminous efficacy, color temperature, color rendering index, lumen maintenance, power factor, harmonic distortion. DLC certification requires products to be tested and reported by a third-party laboratory accredited by NVLAP.
4) FTC energy efficiency label
According to the requirements of the FTC Act of the US Federal Trade Commission, the sale of LED lights into the US market requires the application of energy labels on the packaging boxes and the lamp body to disclose the annual power consumption, life and other information of the products to the public. The FTC energy efficiency label and the above The Lighting Facts Label is similar, but the FTC Energy Label is mandatory. See FTCenergyguidelabel Requirements Regulations: 16 CFR 305 for details.
5) California Energy Efficiency Requirements
In order to improve the efficiency of electricity products, the California Energy Commission implemented the Appliance Efficiency Regulation in accordance with the law on December 30, 2005. A total of regulatory requirements for energy efficiency and efficiency of use in more than 20 categories of products entering California. The latest requirement is the CEC regulations enacted in October 2015. For luminaire products, the energy efficiency of mobile LED luminaires must meet CEC energy efficiency requirements in order to enter the California area, and testing must be done in a CEC-approved laboratory.
6) Canadian energy efficiency test requirements
For luminaire products, UNCCan has already regulated general-purpose fluorescent lamps, general-purpose incandescent reflector lamps, and general-purpose lamps in Canada. However, there is no mandatory energy efficiency requirement for LED light source lamps.
c. FCC/ICES test requirements
FCC is a compulsory certification of the radio disturbance (EMI) characteristic limits for telex products as prescribed by US federal law, but does not include EMS (radio immunity) test requirements; FCC certification testing for LED lamps and EU CE The EMC certification test for EMC is quite different.
The FCC certification method is divided into three modes: Verification, Declarationof Conformity, and Certification. The type of certification depends on the type of product. For example, the FCC test standard for LED panel light products is FCC. 47 CFR part 15B, certification type: Verification. It should be noted that the FCC certification of LED lamps is divided into Class A (LED lamps used in industrial and commercial environments) and Class B (LED lamps used in residential environments). The test limits of the two types are completely different. CE certification There is only one radio frequency disturbance test limit standard. The limit is similar to Class B in the FCC, and an additional 9k-30MHz electromagnetic field radiation test is added.
Canada has also imposed mandatory electromagnetic compatibility requirements for electrical products, referred to as ICES, which is a mandatory certification of Industry Canada. The standard for LED lamps is ICES-005, which is basically the same as FCCpart15B, but radiation. The test is extended to 1000MHz. From December 1, 2016, ICES-005Issue4 is officially implemented, and Canada no longer accepts ICES005.
2. EU regulatory requirements
In Europe, demand for LED lighting is expected to increase gradually due to the ban on the sale of incandescent lamps. In addition, a variety of fields, including automotive, outdoor and decorative applications, as well as the use of LED lighting in the indoor use will also proliferate, in line with EU regulatory access requirements will become a challenge for Chinese manufacturers.
According to the European Commission Decree, lamps and similar products must be affixed with CE certification labels in Europe. The products need to be marked with CE and must comply with the European Union's electrical safety, EMC, chemical substances, energy consumption and energy efficiency stickers. Instruction requirements:
a. Electrical safety test
The Low Voltage Directive (LVD) establishes overall safety requirements for all low voltage products entering the European Union. Semiconductor lighting products are low voltage products defined by them and must therefore follow the specifications of the Low Voltage Directive. Different LED lamp products have different test standards, as shown in the following table:
b. Electromagnetic compatibility test
According to the EU Directive 2014/30/EU, battery compatibility testing includes two aspects: electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic resistance (EMS). The former mainly manifests as conducted interference and radiated interference, while the latter mainly considers products such as electrostatic discharge. Radiation, bursts, surges, conducted interference tolerance, ie anti-interference test. The main test standards are: EN55015; EN61547 and EN61000-3-2 power supply harmonic requirements, EN61000-3-3 power supply flashing requirements.
c.ERP instruction
For LED lamp products, the ERP directive stipulates that LED lamps and control devices need to meet the following requirements:
Energy consumption requirements: maximum energy efficiency index EEI of the luminaire; no-load power, standby power, and load efficiency of the control device;
Functional test requirements for LED lamps: 6000h lamp survival rate and lumen maintenance rate; number of switches before failure; start-up time; 95% lumen rise time; premature failure rate; color rendering index; color tolerance (color consistency requirements) ); power factor PF. However, the current EU ERP does not require LED flash frequency;
Product information signs and energy efficiency label requirements: indicate luminous flux, nominal life, color temperature, etc. For detailed requirements, please refer to the implementation rules (EUNO.1194/2012; NO.874/2012);
LED lighting products meet the above-mentioned electrical safety, EMC, ERP, chemical Rosh, Reach and electronic scrap recycling requirements can be marked with CE mark, in addition LED bulbs and lamps need to follow the energy efficiency label, according to the measured energy consumption data paste energy efficiency Stickers.
3. Conclusion
In the LED product testing, in addition to the common electrical, energy efficiency, electromagnetic compatibility testing and other mandatory requirements, regardless of the EU or North American market, more and more buyers pay attention to some voluntary certification of LED lighting products and performance testing, such as the European market recognized GS Certificate, DLC (Design Lights Consortium), Lighting Facts test certification list, etc.
In addition, the special optical characteristics of some LED products are increasingly valued by buyers, such as stroboscopic verification, spectral measurement, color consistency, and color rendering index CRI, LED aging test, energy conversion efficiency, full luminous flux. Performance requirements such as range of viewing angles. Therefore, in the face of increasingly competitive European and American markets, in addition to complying with mandatory certification tests, additional performance often makes it easier for products to stand out in many similar products.
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