The new HF Regulator Touch and Dim ballast ranges from Philips Lighting allow the setting and control of personal lighting levels at the touch of a button:
The ability to control fluorescent lighting adds an important extra dimension to any lighting installation. It may be beneficial for aesthetic reasons - to create a warmer, more intimate ambience, for example. It may be desirable for economy. Or it may be essential for functional reasons - to set a desired light level.
Easy personal control over lighting:
Besides the digital dim ballast range, operating according to the DALI protocol which offers ultimate flexibility, Philips Lighting is now offering digital dim ballasts for easy, plug and play applications: the HF Regulator Touch and Dim ballast range.
One short touch switches the lights on and off in a soft, controlled way. The ballast has a failure-proof memory, which stores your preferred lighting level, and switches the light back on, at this level, even when re-energised after a power failure.
A firm, longer touch will allow you to dim lights up or down to your preferred level, which will then be remembered by the system and used next time the lights are switched on. Philips has incorporated a fast-programmed start function into the ballast, so that lamps will switch on within 0.5s.
Simple to install and use:
No additional lighting control devices are needed. The Philips HF-Regulator Touch & Dim ballast will work in combination with any standard mains-rated retractive/push-to-make switch on the market. The ballast can be installed by following a simple installation diagram.
Another useful feature of the HF-Regulator Touch & Dim ballast is that the switch wiring can be connected in parallel, allowing lights to be dimmed from multiple points around the room. The system is also suitable for 3-phase operation.
The HF-Regulator Touch & Dim ballast is available for a wide variety of linear and compact fluorescent lamps, including TL5, TL-D and PL types.
Applications:
HF-Regulator Touch and Dim ballast provides the ideal solution wherever simple manual dimming is required. This includes areas such as general lighting in small offices and conference rooms, individually controlled up-lighters and pull-cord controlled suspended luminaires, lecture theatres, hotel bedrooms, and hospital/surgery consulting rooms.
Features:
- Ballast integrated control function, easy to install, easy to use.
- Switches on/off and dims with just one switch.
- Free choice of standard mains-rated switching material - retractive/push-to-make.
- Allows dimming down to 3%.
- Simple system reset to mid-light value by long (10 sec) push.
- Low standby power consumption of 0.5W.
HF-Regulator Touch and Dim ballast is part of the Philips HF ballast family, which includes HF-Regulator, HF-Regulator DALI, HF-Performer and HF-Basic. Each is designed to deliver the full benefits of electronic control, to the range of fluorescent lamps, optimised for different applications and usage patterns.
Electronic ballasts also improve lighting comfort: there's no lamp end flickering, smooth and rapid starting is assured and potentially dangerous stroboscopic effects are eliminated.
Philips Lighting UK Ltd.,
The Philips Centre, 420-430 London Road,
Croydon, Surrey CR9 3QR
Tel: 020 8665 6655
Web: www.eur.lighting.philips.com