Study of Harmonic Emissions and Radiated Disturbances of Electric Lamps

In the electromagnetic environment, electrical systems must operate in such a way as not to cause electromagnetic disturbances to other systems, or adversely affect the living organisms, and not to be influenced by external disturbances. In the present paper we analyzed the harmonic currents and radiated disturbances emitted by various electric lamps very common in practice. For the measurement of the harmonic currents we used the CA8334B analyzer, and the measurement of the radiated disturbances was performed with the electromagnetic field analyzer FA306, at different distances from the analyzed electric lamps. The experiments allowed the identification of measures to minimize the effects of human exposure to electromagnetic fields produced by compact fluorescent lamps and light emitting diodes lamps.