From the 1st July 2009 all LED drivers need to adhere to the IEC 61347-2-13 safety standard which specifies particular safety requirements for electronic control gear for use on d.c. supplies up to 250 V and a.c. supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz or 60 Hz and at an output frequency which can deviate from the supply frequency, associated with LED modules.

 

There are many improved requirements that this new standards brings to LED drivers however the most noticeable one will be the change required in the output connectors that connect the driver to the LED fixture. The majority of LED drivers use the RJ45 connector originally designed as network card connector in PC’s and these will need to be changed to double insulated type connectors if the maximum output voltage for a constant current driver is greater than 25Vdc.
 

Part 1: General and safety requirements 

Part 2-1: Particular requirements for starting devices (other than glow starters) 

Part 2-2: Particular requirements for d.c. or a.c. supplied electronic step-down convertors 

for filament lamps 

Part 2-3: Particular requirements for a.c. supplied electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps 

Part 2-4: Particular requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts for general lighting 

Part 2-5: Particular requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts for public transport 

lighting 

Part 2-6: Particular requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts for aircraft lighting 

Part 2-7: Particular requirements for d.c. supplied electronic ballasts for emergency lighting 

Part 2-8: Particular requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lamps 

Part 2-9: Particular requirements for ballasts for discharge lamps (excluding fluorescent 

lamps) 

Part 2-10: Particular requirements for electronic invertors and convertors for high-frequency 

operation of cold start tubular discharge lamps (neon tubes) 

Part 2-11: Particular requirements for miscellaneous electronic circuits used with luminaires 

Part 2-12: Particular requirements for d.c. or a.c. supplied electronic ballasts for discharge 

lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps) 

Part 2-13: Particular requirements for d.c. or a.c. supplied electronic controlgear for LED 

modules