enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Light switch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_switch

   This "quick break" technology is still in use in almost every ordinary light switch in the world today, numbering in the billions, as well as in many other forms of electric switch. The toggle light switch was invented in 1916 by William J. Newton. [2] As a component of an electrical wiring or home wiring system, the installation of light ...

3. Nightlight - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightlight

   The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, or UCPSC, reports it receives about 10 reports per year where nightlights close to flammable materials were cited as responsible for fires; they recommend the use of nightlights with LED bulbs cooler than the four or seven watt incandescent light bulbs still used in some older products. [5]

4. 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 ...

5. Lightbulb socket - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightbulb_socket

   GY6.35 & GZ6.35 – same as G6.35 and only denote what lamp mount clip is needed to hold the actual light bulb in place; G8 – 8 mm (0.31496 in) pin spacing GU8 – same as G8 and only denotes what lamp mount clip is needed to hold the actual light bulb in place; GY8.6 – 8.6 mm (0.33858 in) pin spacing; G9 – 9 mm (0.35433 in) pin spacing

6. Emergency light - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_light

   Most individual light sources can be rotated and aimed for where light is needed most in an emergency, such as toward fire exits. Modern fixtures usually have a test button of some sort which simulates a power failure and causes the unit to switch on the lights and operate from battery power, even if the main power is still on.

7. Safety lamp - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_lamp

   A guide to books, journals, government reports, archival material and other resources on lamps in the Institute Library. Barrie, D. The wand of science: a history of the British flame safety lamp. Birmingham: D. Barrie Risk Management Ltd, 2006. Barnard, T.R. Miners' safety lamps: their construction and care. London: Pitman, 1936.