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Light Bulb
Monday, February 9th, 2009
A Light Bulb is a Hard,Quartz or Soft glass enclosure that may contain a vacuum of an inert glass or metal. These are the means of light generation via filament or electrodes. Incandescent light bulbs are gradually being replaced by law in many applications by CFL Bulbs, HPS Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps, LED Bulbs, and [...]
Light Bulb Base
Monday, February 9th, 2009
The bulb base mechanically keeps the lamp mechanically in place in the desired application. The light bulb base directly or indirectly conducts electricity from the inner circuits to the lamp itself. (i.e. Metal Halide Bulb). They can help with heat dissipation which will mean longer lamp life. Lamp bases need to be operated within a [...]
Lumens
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Lumens is simply a measurement of light; it takes into consideration the human eye sensitivity curve so that more properties is given to the yellow-green part of the light spectrum. The lumen (symbol represented: lm) is the International System of Units of luminous flux, which is the measure of the perceived power of light to [...]