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10 CFR § 431.282 - Definitions concerning mercury vapor lamp ballasts. 

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title: "10 CFR § 431.282 - Definitions concerning mercury vapor lamp ballasts."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "431.282"
section_name: "Definitions concerning mercury vapor lamp ballasts."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "431"
part_name: "ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6291-6317; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 54141, Oct. 5, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 431.282 Definitions concerning mercury vapor lamp ballasts.

*Ballast* means a device used with an electric discharge lamp to obtain necessary circuit conditions (voltage, current, and waveform) for starting and operating.

*High intensity discharge lamp* means an electric-discharge lamp in which—

(1) The light-producing arc is stabilized by the arc tube wall temperature; and

(2) The arc tube wall loading is in excess of 3 Watts/cm
<sup>2</sup>, including such lamps that are mercury vapor, metal halide, and high-pressure sodium lamps.

*Mercury vapor lamp* means a high intensity discharge lamp, including clear, phosphor-coated, and self-ballasted screw base lamps, in which the major portion of the light is produced by radiation from mercury typically operating at a partial vapor pressure in excess of 100,000 Pa (approximately 1 atm).

*Mercury vapor lamp ballast* means a device that is designed and marketed to start and operate mercury vapor lamps intended for general illumination by providing the necessary voltage and current.

*Specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast* means a mercury vapor lamp ballast that—

(1) Is designed and marketed for operation of mercury vapor lamps used in quality inspection, industrial processing, or scientific use, including fluorescent microscopy and ultraviolet curing; and

(2) In the case of a specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast, the label of which—

(i) Provides that the specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast is ‘For specialty applications only, not for general illumination’; and

(ii) Specifies the specific applications for which the ballast is designed.

[74 FR 12074, Mar. 23, 2009]