Magnitude and Duration of Inrush on various lighting technologies

[mgookin]

Hi:

I'm wondering where I can find a table with the magnitude and duration of inrush on the many various lighting technologies at the various levels they come in.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[mgookin]

OK I'll make the question more generalized.

We know the duration of inrush is relative to ambient temperature of a light bulb.

From room temp to Tmax will be something.
And from zero deg to Tmax will be more.

But are we talking about 20ms, 200ms, 20s, etc?

Anyone have a clue for any type of light bulb?

Thanks!

 

[berkeman]

OK I'll make the question more generalized.

We know the duration of inrush is relative to ambient temperature of a light bulb.

From room temp to Tmax will be something.
And from zero deg to Tmax will be more.

But are we talking about 20ms, 200ms, 20s, etc?

Anyone have a clue for any type of light bulb?

Thanks!

Search for "inrush" on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb

That should give you a ballpark idea for incandescent bulbs. I'm no help on the other lighting technologies -- well, except for LEDs

 

[mgookin]

Search for "inrush" on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb

That should give you a ballpark idea for incandescent bulbs. I'm no help on the other lighting technologies -- well, except for LEDs

Thank you Berkeman. That is very useful information. If anyone knows any sources for other lighting technologies that would help as well. Thanks again.