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2. Sconce (light fixture) - Wikipedia

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   The light of the candle flame was often intensified by a reflecting backplate. Using brackets, the candle or gas flame would be kept at safe distance from the wall and ceiling. [3] Modern electric light fixture sconces are often used in hallways or corridors to provide both lighting and a point of interest in a long passage. Sconce height in a ...

3. Architectural light shelf - Wikipedia

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   Light shelves make it possible for daylight to penetrate the space up to 2.5 times the distance between the floor and the top of the window. Today, advanced light shelf technology makes it possible to increase the distance up to 4 times. In spaces such as classrooms and offices, light shelves have been proven to increase occupant comfort and ...

4. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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   This second top plate usually laps the first plate at the corners and partition intersections and, when nailed in place, provides an additional tie to the framed walls. Where the second top plate does not lap the plate immediately underneath at corner and partition intersections, these may be tied with 0.036 in (0.91 mm) galvanized steel plates ...

5. Device for Connection of Luminaires - Wikipedia

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   Device for Connection of Luminaires (DCL) is a European standard for ceiling light fixtures introduced in 2005 and refined in 2009. It uses 6 ampere. It uses 6 ampere. DCL must carry the CE marking as per the Low Voltage Directive .

6. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   Cove light – indirect lighting recessed into the ceiling in a long box against a wall. Troffer – recessed fluorescent light fixtures, usually rectangular in shape to fit into a drop ceiling grid. Chandeliers and table lamps in the Bibliothèque Mazarine (Paris) Surface-mounted light – the finished housing is exposed, not flush with the ...

7. 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 ...