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2. 3-way lamp - Wikipedia

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   A 3-way lamp, also known as a tri-light, is a lamp that uses a 3-way light bulb to produce three levels of light in a low-medium-high configuration. A 3-way lamp requires a 3-way bulb and socket, and a 3-way switch. In 3-way incandescent light bulbs, each of the filaments operates at full voltage. Lamp bulbs with dual carbon filaments were ...

3. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] Portable light fixtures are often called lamps, as in table lamp or desk lamp. In technical terminology, the lamp is the light source, which, in casual terminology, is called the light bulb. Both the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recommend the term luminaire for technical ...

4. 5 Kitchen Lighting Mistakes to Avoid for a Functional Workspace

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   "For a more exact formula, divide the height of your ceiling by two; With an 8-foot ceiling, recessed lights should be about 4 feet apart," she says. 3. Disproportionate Light Fixtures.

5. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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   A chandelier (/ ˌ ʃ æ n d ə ˈ l ɪər /) is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. [1] [2] Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now incandescent light bulbs are commonly used, [3] as well as ...

6. Fluorescent-lamp formats - Wikipedia

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   Fluorescent lamps in various embodiments. Since their introduction as a commercial product in 1939, many different types of fluorescent lamp have been introduced. Systematic nomenclature identifies mass-market lamps as to overall shape, power rating, length, color, and other electrical and illuminating characteristics.

7. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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   Good quality consumer CFLs use three or four phosphors to achieve a "white" light with a color rendering index (CRI) of about 80, where the maximum 100 represents the appearance of colors under daylight or other sources of black-body radiation such as an incandescent light bulb (depending on the correlated color temperature).