An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. A familiar and widely used example...
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Mercury-vapor lamp (section Self-ballasted lamps)
around one atmosphere and require special fixtures, as well as an electrical ballast. They also require a warm-up period of four to seven minutes to reach...
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Metal-halide lamp (section Ballasts)
atmospheres, and require special fixtures to operate safely, as well as an electrical ballast. Metal atoms produce most of the light output. They require a warm-up...
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a neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, US Electrical ballast, used to stabilize the current flow in lamps Ballast tractor, a heavy-haulage road vehicle designed...
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Electric light (redirect from Lamp (electrical component))
to strike the arc. This requires an electrical circuit called an igniter, which is part of the electrical ballast circuitry. After the arc is struck,...
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Electric arc (redirect from Electrical arc)
impedance (as an electrical ballast) be placed in the circuit to maintain a stable arc. This property is the reason uncontrolled electrical arcs in apparatus...
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Tanning lamp (section Ballasts)
environment inside the lamp. Fluorescent tanning lamps require an electrical ballast to limit the amount of current going through the lamp. While the resistance...
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Fluorescent lamp (section Ballast)
fraction of the electrical energy input into a lamp is converted to useful light. The ballast dissipates some heat; electronic ballasts may be around 90%...
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traditional lighting units using incandescent light bulbs, HMIs need electrical ballasts, which are separated from the head via a header cable, to limit current...
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Light fixture (category Electrical systems)
an outer shell or housing for lamp alignment and protection, an electrical ballast or power supply, and a shade to diffuse the light or direct it towards...
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and power-down (negative-going) thresholds. Typical usages include: Electrical ballast circuits to switch them off in the event of voltage falling below...
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arc eventually rises to exceed the maximum voltage output by the electrical ballast. As the lamp heats to this point, the arc fails, and the lamp goes...
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Current limiting reactor (redirect from Reactor (electrical))
Variable-frequency drives and motors.:) Electrical ballast Simpson, James. "The how and why of current-limiting reactors". EC&M Electrical Construction & Maintenance...
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Community-controlled game, a video game genre Copper Control Gear (CCG), a type of Electrical ballast Switch Start for lighting, alternative to ECG (Electronic Control...
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Grow light (section Switchable ballasts)
an HPS ballast has an igniter which ignites the sodium in an HPS bulb, while a MH ballast does not. Because of this, all electrical ballasts can fire...
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convert the electrical energy using an electrical ballast, to maintain the proper current and voltage, but some energy is lost in the ballast. Similarly...
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vapor lamp and two infrared lamps, which act both as light source and electrical ballast Assorted types of fluorescent lamps. The miniaturized Deep Space Atomic...
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Current limiting (category Electrical power control)
example) Current limiter with PNP transistors Current source Crowbar Electrical ballast Fault current limiter Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill, The Art of Electronics...
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maintain the arc eventually rises to exceed the voltage provided by the electrical ballast. As the lamp heats to this point, the arc fails and the lamp goes...
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containing argon, mercury and metal halides. The lamp is powered by an electrical ballast, which regulates the current flow through the arc in the arctube,...
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constructed high voltage transformer with high leakage inductance or other electrical ballast to limit the available current (see neon sign). When the current through...
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000 lighting fixtures in the offices, all of which can be dimmed. The electrical ballast in each fixture contains a computer chip, which adjusts the lighting...
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Transformer oil (redirect from Electrical oil)
excellent electrical insulating properties. It is used in oil-filled wet transformers, some types of high-voltage capacitors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and...
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empennage were completely new, as well as many systems, e.g. the electrical ballast management. The structure employed a large amount of the then still...
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battery Contact breaker Crank sensor Distributor Dynamo Drive by wire Electrical ballast Electronic control unit Engine control unit Glow plug High tension...
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at a lower voltage. The "strike" requires an electrical circuit with an igniter and a ballast. The ballast is wired in series with the lamp and performs...
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The plant was performing handloading for air bombs, manufacturing electrical ballast and fuzes. In a remote and secret part, expanded in 1943- 1944, were...
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specific frequency, usually 50 or 60 hertz. When a linear time-invariant electrical load is connected to the system, it draws a sinusoidal current at the...
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These devices include personal computers and peripheral devices, and electrical ballasts for fluorescent lights. On the standard AM broadcast band, under...
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other high-intensity discharge lamps, they require a correctly rated electrical ballast in order to operate. List of light sources Simpson, Robert S. (2003)...
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