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2. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   These bulbs tend to be transparent white or colors, and are often ornately designed with crystal-like patterns. Later bulbs called C 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, have diameters of seven and a half 1/8th inches (15 ⁄ 16 in, or 24 mm) using an E12 candelabra base; however, these have a blunt shape (and should therefore be called B 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, or B24).

3. Christmas lights - Wikipedia

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   By 1900, businesses started stringing up Christmas lights behind their windows. [19] Christmas lights were too expensive for the average person; as such, electric Christmas lights did not become the majority replacement for candles until 1930. [20]

4. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   Christmas lights – also called fairy lights or twinkle lights and are often used at Christmas and other holidays for decoration. Dock light - provides light for boating safety. Typically affixed atop pilings or directly upon the dock floor itself. Emergency light – provides minimal light to a building during a power outage. Exit sign; Flood ...

5. Twinkle bulb - Wikipedia

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   The advent of miniature lights found the adaptation of twinkle bulbs as flasher bulbs, which interrupt the entire series circuit of anywhere from 10 to 50 bulbs when powered from 120-volt mains electricity (in North America). These are easily recognizable by their red tips on an otherwise unpainted clear white bulb, and are available in the ...

6. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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   CFLs have two main components: a magnetic or electronic ballast and a gas-filled tube (also called bulb or burner). Replacement of magnetic ballasts with electronic ballasts has removed most of the flickering and slow starting traditionally associated with fluorescent lighting, and has allowed the development of smaller lamps directly ...

7. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   Objections to replacement of incandescent lamps for general lighting mainly include the higher purchasing expense of alternative light bulbs. To mitigate the cost effects of these concerns, various programs have been put into place, ranging from subsidies for lamps, to improved standards for measurement of performance and for labeling of products.