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2. 7 Best Christmas Items at Home Depot That Can Be Reused ... - AOL

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   This set comes with 300 bulbs and is a little over 87 feet long. The lights come in all the usual fun colors and are energy-efficient. The set also comes with four extra bulbs and three fuses, so ...

3. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   Outdoor-only bulbs are designated C 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 (1 + 5 ⁄ 32 in, or 29 mm), and have a similar blunt shape as the C 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, but use an E17 "intermediate" base. Some modern versions of these strings are now listed for indoor and outdoor use. These bulbs are rated at about seven watts each, and are available in a globe shape, designated G40 ...

4. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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   Light bulbs using coiled coil filaments are sometimes referred to as 'double-coil bulbs'. For a 60-watt 120-volt lamp, the uncoiled length of the tungsten filament is usually 580 millimetres (22.8 in), [76] and the filament diameter is 0.046 millimetres (0.0018 in). The advantage of the coiled coil is that evaporation of the tungsten filament ...

5. Fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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   Many countries are encouraging the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs and substitution with other types of energy-efficient lamps. In addition to general lighting, special fluorescent lights are often used in stage lighting for film and video production. They are cooler than traditional halogen light sources, and use high-frequency ballasts ...

6. Sodium-vapor lamp - Wikipedia

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   Low-pressure sodium lamps are highly efficient electrical light sources, but their yellow light restricts applications to outdoor lighting, such as street lamps, where they are widely used. [1] High-pressure sodium lamps emit a broader spectrum of light than the low-pressure lamps, but they still have poorer color rendering than other types of ...

7. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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   A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also called compact fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent light bulb; some types fit into light fixtures designed for incandescent bulbs.

8. Metal-halide lamp - Wikipedia

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   Like other gas-discharge lamps such as the very-similar mercury-vapor lamps, metal-halide lamps produce light by ionizing a mixture of gases in an electric arc.In a metal-halide lamp, the compact arc tube contains a mixture of argon or xenon, mercury, and a variety of metal halides, such as sodium iodide and scandium iodide. [7]

9. List of automotive light bulb types - Wikipedia

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   Bulbs used for headlamps, turn signals and brake lamps may be required to comply with international and national regulations governing the types of lamps used. Other automotive lighting applications such as auxiliary lamps or interior lighting may not be regulated, but common types are used by many automotive manufacturers.