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2. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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   Ceiling fan. A modern ceiling fan. A ceiling fan mid-spin. A ceiling fan is a fan mounted on the ceiling of a room or space, usually electrically powered, that uses hub-mounted rotating blades to circulate air. They cool people effectively by increasing air speed. Fans do not reduce air temperature or relative humidity, unlike air-conditioning ...

3. Pattress - Wikipedia

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   Pattress. A pattress or pattress box or fitting box (in the United States and Canada, electrical wall switch box, electrical wall outlet box, electrical ceiling box, switch box, outlet box, electrical box, etc.) is the container for the space behind electrical fittings such as power outlet sockets, light switches, or fixed light fixtures.

4. Bootleg ground - Wikipedia

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   In the less-dangerous instance of a bootleg ground, a short wire jumper is connected between the bonding screw terminal (usually colored green) on a NEMA 5-15R or 5-20R outlet to the neutral (a.k.a. grounded conductor, colored white according to code) or directly to the white neutral wire via a pigtail.

5. Casablanca Fan Company - Wikipedia

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   Airflow by Casablanca (former), Pasadena Fan Company (former), Casablanca Next Generation (former) Subsidiaries. Lavery & Co. (former) Casablanca Fan Company is a ceiling fan company currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. In the late 1970s, the company became known for their premium and luxury ceiling fans, which were marketed as furniture.

6. Edison screw - Wikipedia

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   Edison screw (ES) is a standard lightbulb socket for electric light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison (1847–1931), patented in 1881, [1] and was licensed in 1909 under General Electric's Mazda trademark. The bulbs have right-hand threaded metal bases (caps) which screw into matching threaded sockets (lamp holders).

7. Screw terminal - Wikipedia

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   Two paired screw terminals, typically used for connecting ceiling-mounted light fixtures. Screw terminals are used extensively in building wiring for the distribution of electricity - connecting electrical outlets, luminaires and switches to the mains, and for directly connecting major appliances such as clothes dryers and ovens drawing in excess of 15 amperes.