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electric discharge lampor vapor lampLighting device consisting of a transparent container within which a gas is energized by an applied voltage and made to glow. After practical generators were devised in the 19th century, many experimenters applied electric power to tubes of gas. From c. 1900, electric discharge lamps were in use in Europe and the U.S. Fluorescent, neon, mercury, sodium, and metal-halide lamps are of the electric discharge variety. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1-1999, energy code, security lighting, lamp equipment, lighting fixtures, incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps, HID, research, information, market, trends, technology, service, forecast A ballast is a device used with an electric discharge lamp, such as fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps like those used in sporting arenas, to obtain the necessary circuit conditions that start the lamp and keep it operating. |
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High-intensity discharge lamp
