enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Fluorescent-lamp formats - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent-lamp_formats

   In the 1970s, 34-watt energy-saving F40T12 fluorescent lamps were intoroduced in the United States. In the 1980s, T8 32-watt lamps were introduced, [ 8 ] but unlike the T8 tubes introduced in Europe, these T8s are not retrofits and require new matching ballasts to drive them.

3. Tanning lamp - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_lamp

   This example is a 71-inch, bi-pin, 100 watt model, the most common. Inside a preheat, bi-pin tanning lamp A high-pressure tanning lamp under power Tanning lamps (sometimes called tanning bulbs in the United States or tanning tubes in Europe) are the part of a tanning bed, booth or other tanning device which produces ultraviolet light used for ...

4. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp

   While the purchase price of a CFL is typically 3–10 times greater than that of an equivalent incandescent lamp, a CFL lasts 8–15 times longer and uses two-thirds to three-quarters less energy. A US article stated "A household that invested $90 in changing 30 fixtures to CFLs would save $440 to $1,500 over the five-year life of the bulbs ...

5. Bi-pin lamp base - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-pin_lamp_base

   The suffix after the G indicates the pin spread; the G dates to the use of Glass for the original bulbs. GU usually also indicates that the lamp provides a mechanism for physical support by the luminaire: in some cases, each pin has a short section of larger diameter at the end (sometimes described as a "peg" rather than a "pin" [2]); the socket allows the bulb to lock into place by twisting ...

6. High-CRI LED lighting - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-CRI_LED_lighting

   An incandescent light bulb has a CRI of 100. [1] High-CRI LED lighting is a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting source that offers a high color rendering index (CRI). CRI is a quantitative measure of a light's ability to reproduce the colors of objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source.

7. United States lighting energy policy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_lighting...

   The 2009 IECC, chapter 2 defines high efficacy lamps as compact fluorescent lamps, T-8 or smaller diameter linear fluorescent lamps, or lamps with a minimum efficacy of: [21] 60 lumens per watt for lamps > 40 watts, 50 lumens per watt for lamps > 15 watts and ≤ 40 watts, and; 40 lumens per watt for lamps < 15 watts