# 10 CFR § 429.54 - Metal halide lamp ballasts and fixtures.

§ 429.54 Metal halide lamp ballasts and fixtures.

(a) Sampling plan for selection of units for testing.

(1) The requirements of § 429.11 are applicable to metal halide lamp ballasts; and

(2) For each basic model of metal halide lamp ballast selected for testing, a sample of sufficient size, not less than four, shall be selected at random and tested to ensure that:

(i) Any represented value of estimated energy efficiency calculated as the measured output power to the lamp divided by the measured input power to the ballast (Pout/Pin), of a basic model is less than or equal to the lower of:

(A) The mean of the sample, where:

$\begin{array}{c}\stackrel{—}{x}=\frac{1}{n}\sum _{i=1}^{n}{x}_{i}\\ \text{and,}\stackrel{—}{x}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\text{is the sample mean; n is the number of samples; and}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}{x}_{i}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\text{is the}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}{i}^{\mathrm{th}}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\text{sample;}\end{array}$

Or,

(B) The lower 99-percent confidence limit (LCL) of the true mean divided by 0.99.

$\mathrm{LCL}=\stackrel{—}{x}-{t}_{.99}\left(\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}\right)$

And x

is the sample mean; s is the sample standard deviation; n is the number of samples; and t0.99 is the t statistic for a 99% two-tailed confidence interval with n-1 degrees of freedom (from appendix A).

(b) Certification reports.

(1) The requirements of § 429.12 are applicable to metal halide lamp ballasts; and

(2) Pursuant to § 429.12(b)(13), a certification report shall include the following public product-specific information: The minimum ballast efficiency in percent (%), the lamp wattage in watts (W), and the type of ballast (e.g., pulse-start, magnetic probe-start, and non-pulse start electronic).

[76 FR 12451, Mar. 7, 2011; 76 FR 24780, May 2, 2011; 76 FR 46202, Aug. 2, 2011]