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    • Glossary Main

    We know that is can be confusing when it comes to lighting.  Ballast Kit has provided you with a glossary of terms to help you understand the sometimes complicated language of the lighting industry.

    • A

    • Ampere
    • ANSI Code
    • Arc Length
    • Audible Noise

    • B

    • Ballast Efficacy Factor (BEF)
    • Beam Spread - Angle
    • BTL
    • Bulb Ballast
    • Burning Position of HID Bulbs

    • C

    • Capacitors
    • Cold Start Time of Bulbs
    • Constant Wattage Autotransformer (CWA) Ballast
    • Constant Wattage Isolated or CWI Ballast
    • Correlated Color Temperature or CCT
    • CRI or Color Rendering Index (Ra)
    • Current Crest Factor - (CCF)

    • E

    • Economic Life (useful) of a Light Bulb
    • Electronic Ballast

    • H

    • High Pressure Sodium HPS
    • Hybrid Ballast

    • K

    • Kelvin Temperature of a Light Bulb

    • L

    • Light Bulb
    • Light Bulb Base
    • Lumens

    • M

    • Magnetic Ballast
    • MOL Maximum Overall Length

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