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  2. Glow plug - Wikipedia

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    In a diesel engine, a glow plug (also spelled glowplug) is a heating device used to aid starting of the engine in cold weather.This device is a pencil-shaped piece of metal with an electric heating element at the tip.

  3. Lighting-up time - Wikipedia

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    Lighting-up time, sunrise/sunset and twilights at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom; Lighting-up time at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh; D. O'Leary, When to light up: a pocket treatise on the Lights on vehicles act, 1907 containing a full explanation of the act, with a table showing the lighting-up time Published 1908

  4. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    Typically, bulbs of 21 to 27 watts producing 280 to 570 lumens (22 to 45 mean spherical candlepower) are used for stop, turn, reversing and rear fog lights, while bulbs of 4 to 10 W, producing 40 to 130 lm (3 to 10 mscp) are used for tail lights, parking lights, side marker lights and side turn signal repeaters.

  5. Storage heater - Wikipedia

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    A domestic storage heater which uses cheap night time electricity to heat ceramic bricks which then release their heat during the day. A storage heater or heat bank (Australia) is an electrical heater which stores thermal energy during the evening, or at night when electricity is available at lower cost, and releases the heat during the day as required.

  6. Staged combustion - Wikipedia

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    The technology lowers the flame temperature and improves the balance of the oxygen concentration in the furnace. NO x emissions may be reduced by up to 30% using this technology. This technique is used in 13 pulverized coal-fired units on a total capacity of 2.7 GW e .

  7. Robotaxi vandalized, set ablaze in San Francisco's Chinatown

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    At the time, she said one of the Waymo driverless cars operating in Los Angeles had failed to initially stop for a traffic officer at Beaudry Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard on Aug. 3, 2023.

  8. Furnace (central heating) - Wikipedia

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    Modern high-efficiency furnaces can be up to 98% efficient and operate without a chimney, with a typical gas furnace being about 80% efficient. [1] Waste gas and heat are mechanically ventilated through either metal flue pipes or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes that can be vented through the side or roof of the structure.

  9. Industrial furnace - Wikipedia

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    A furnace can be lit by a small pilot flame or in some older models, by hand. Most pilot flames nowadays are lit by an ignition transformer (much like a car's spark plugs). The pilot flame in turn lights up the main flame. The pilot flame uses natural gas while the main flame can use both diesel and natural gas. When using liquid fuels, an ...