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  2. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    ISO symbol for long-range lights [8] Auxiliary high beam lights may be fitted to provide high-intensity light to enable the driver to see at longer range than the vehicle's high beam headlights. [13] Such lights are most notably fitted on rally cars, and are occasionally fitted to production vehicles derived from or imitating such

  3. Spotlight operator - Wikipedia

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    Especially for tight pick up cues where there is a high need for precision, with little stray light spilling over and onto the surrounding environment. Often times the placement location's distance and alignment of the Telrad's housing unit on the spotlight, in relation to the operator's eyes, will allow the rings to help align with the ...

  4. Headlight flashing - Wikipedia

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    Headlight flashing might have come into more common use as a means of attempting driver-to-driver communication by the mid-1970s, [3] when cars began to come with headlight beam selectors located on the steering column—typically activated by pulling the turn signal stalk—rather than the previous foot-operated pushbutton switches.

  5. Headlamp - Wikipedia

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    As previously with round lamps, the US permitted only two standardized sizes of rectangular sealed-beam lamp: A system of two 200 by 142 mm (7.9 by 5.6 in) high/low beam units corresponding to the existing 7-inch round format, or a system of four 165 by 100 mm (6.5 by 3.9 in) units, two high/low and two high-beam. corresponding to the existing ...

  6. Parabolic aluminized reflector - Wikipedia

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    The most common sealed beam type combines these three elements into an integral unit. The light source usually approximates a point source that can be focused on; tungsten filaments and halogen lamps are common, but some theatrical usage that requires a higher color temperature may use hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI) instead.

  7. Stage lighting instrument - Wikipedia

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    A spotlight is any lighting instrument used in theater to create a pool of light on the stage. [18] There are many different types of spotlights which break down into three general areas: Fresnel lanterns or Fresnels (US) are small fixtures giving a soft-edged spot or pool of light. Their name comes from the distinctive ridged Fresnel lens used ...

  8. Searchlight - Wikipedia

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    ATS officers-in-training crew a 90 cm searchlight in Western Command, 1944. A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction.

  9. Output signal switching device - Wikipedia

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    There are usually two independent channels, so-called OSSD1 and OSSD2. The non-tripped state is typically 24 VDC, and the tripped state (when the safety barrier has been violated) 0 VDC. If a wire were to break between the light curtain and the safety relay, the safety relay would trip to the safe state. The OSSD outputs are self-checked.