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2. 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 ...

3. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   Table lamp fixtures, standard lamp fixtures, and office task light luminaires. Balanced-arm lamp is a spot light with an adjustable arm such as anglepoise, RAMUN or Luxo L1. Gooseneck (fixture) Nightlight; Floor Lamp Torch lamp or torchières are floor lamps with an upward-facing shade. They provide general lighting to the rest of the room.

4. Lightbulb socket - Wikipedia

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   The base may be an extension of the glass envelope of the bulb, with the wire leads of the lamp folded up at the base. Some wedge bases are made of plastic and slipped over the wire leads. A wedge base holds the lamp by spring compression in the socket. The lamp is inserted and removed without twisting.

5. Electrical ballast - Wikipedia

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   The lamp had a thermal starter built into the 4 pin base. The power requirements were much larger than using an inductive ballast (though the consumed current was the same), but the warmer light from the lamp type of ballast was often preferred by users particularly in a domestic environment.

6. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   Holiday lighting technology has been subject to considerable development and variation since the replacement of candles by electric lights. [ citation needed ] While originally used during the Christmas holidays as Christmas lights , modern electric light arrays have become popular around the world in many cultures and are used both during ...

7. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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   The filament is visible as the mostly horizontal line between the vertical supply wires. A scanning electron microscope image of the tungsten filament of an incandescent light bulb Elaborate light in Denver, Colorado. An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated ...