ballast lamp

  • 1ballast lamp — balastinė lempa statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. ballast lamp vok. Ballaströhre, f; Widerstandslampe, f rus. балластная лампа, f pranc. lampe d’équilibrage, f …

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  • 2Lamp (electrical component) — A lamp is a replaceable component such as an incandescent light bulb, which is designed to produce light from electricity. These components usually have a base of ceramic, metal, glass or plastic, which makes an electrical connection in the… …

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  • 3Ballast Point Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Point Loma, California coordinates = yearbuilt = 1890 yearlit = automated = yeardeactivated = foundation = construction = shape = Square height = convert|34|foot|0 currentlens = lens = Fifth order Fresnel… …

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  • 4ballast — ballaster, n. ballastic /beuh las tik/, adj. /bal euhst/, n. 1. Naut. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability. 2. Aeron. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a… …

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  • 5Ballast Factor —   The ratio of light output of a fluorescent lamp operated on a ballast to the light output of a lamp operated on a standard or reference ballast …

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  • 6ballast — I. noun Etymology: probably from Low German, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Swedish barlast ballast; perhaps akin to Old English bær bare & to Old English hlæst load, hladan to load more at lade Date: 1530 1. a heavy substance placed in …

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  • 7ballast — bal•last [[t]ˈbæl əst[/t]] n. 1) naut. a heavy material carried on a vessel to control draft and stability or a balloon to control altitude 2) rai gravel or broken stone placed under the ties of a railroad 3) elm a device that maintains the… …

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  • 8Ballast —   A device used to control the voltage in a fluorescent lamp.   ***   A device that provides starting voltage and limits the current during normal operation in electrical discharge lamps (such as fluorescent lamps).   California Energy Comission …

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  • 9Ballast Efficacy Factor —   The measure of the efficiency of fluorescent lamp ballasts. It is the relative light output divided by the power input …

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  • 10Electrical ballast — Choke ballast (inductor) used in older lighting. This example is from a tanning bed. Requires a lamp starter (below) and capacitor …

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