Your busy office park, like most commercial buildings, requires sufficient illumination 24/7 during power failures. This egress illumination prevents accidents and panic when occupants evacuate the building during an outage. Instead of buying separate emergency lighting, double the use of your existing fluorescent lights with our self testing 2 bulb emergency backup ballast .
The REDiTEST B30ST features EOL time-delay circuits that maintain your lamps efficiency even during short hiccups in the power line. The device is rated for indoor Damp Locations for both the United States and Canada and can work in tandem with your 2, 3 or 4-lamp AC ballast. Its also a great replacement transformer for your emergency-only fluorescent or CFL units.
Features
- Ballast Type: Emergency
- Lamp Wattage: 17-215W
- Input Wattage: 8W
- Dual voltage 120/277vAC, 60Hz cycles
- Operates: One or twoT5, T8, T9, T10 or T12 linear fluorescent or twin, triple twin, and quad tube CFLs
- Lumens (at 10-feet): 1800-3500 lm
- Self diagnostic handles monthly and yearly UL-testing
- Min/Max Temp: 41° to 122°F
- 5-year full warranty
Application
The B30STs best feature is the REDiTEST microprocessor which automatically tests the internal battery readiness. Requiring no personnel, it will schedule and perform 30-second tests every 30 days and a full 90-minute test once yearly. Both tests are required by UL 924 code, so installing these will drastically cut down on maintenance costs.
External Specifications
The B30ST has mounting feet on either end of the metal case to allow for installation on top of an AC-powered fixture or inside an emergency light. Its stylish rouge metal case helps personnel identify it from the normal AC ballast and keeps out moisture and dirt. Input and output lead wires protrude from opposite ends of the ballast.
Electrical Specifications
- Lamp wattage: 17-215W
- Input wattage: 8W
- Input current: 280mA
- Dual-tap 120/277vAC, 60 Hz
- Initial illumination: 1800-3500 (depending on lamp)
- Battery: Hi temp nickel cadmium. 7-10 year lifespan
- Emergency runtime: +90 minutes
- Recharge time: 24 hours or less
- Charging current: 280mA
- REDiTEST continuous self-diagnostic microprocessor
- LED diagnostic switch for redundant manual testing
Dimensions
- Width: 16.3"
- Depth: 5.5"
- Height: 1.7"
- Mounting center: 15.7"
Compliance
- Tested to UL924 standards for Emergency Lighting & Power Equipment
- CSA C22.2 No. 141 certified
- NEC Installation standards
- Meets NFPA: 101 Life Safety Code, excerpt 5-9.3 periodic testing standards
- National Fire Code
- National Building Code