- Industry: Energy
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American conglomerate currently ranked by Forbes as the world's largest company. GE has multifarious business interests including power generation and financial services.
The term used to refer to the complete light source package, including the inner parts as well a the outer bulb or tube. "Lamp", of course, is also commonly used to refer to a type of small light fixture such as a table lamp.
Industry:Lights & lighting
Ratio of peak lamp current to RMS or average lamp operating current.
Industry:Lights & lighting
The lamp's identification code. For Projection lamps, this is a 3-letter-number code uniquely identifying the lamp for ordering purposes. In some instances, lamps with 3-letter (ANSI) codes are offered in more than one design voltage, in which case the voltage required should also be specified when ordering. Some GE Projection Lamps have an ordering code comprising of two or more 3-letter ANSI codes - such as EM/EKS and DYS/DYV/BHC. The first code is the ANSI code, the secondary codes identify which lamp the multiple-coded lamp can directly replace. Only the first code appears on the lamp itself. Multiple-coded lamps are so-designated by General Electric for the convenience of the customer. In nearly all cases, Miniature and Sealed Beam lamps are marked with a General Electric Trade number recorded with ANSI.
Industry:Lights & lighting
Referenced by IEC as Dimension C. Also referred to as "Base Face to Top of Lamp".
Industry:Lights & lighting
Filament lamps: Incandescent, Halogen, Halogen-IR. Discharge Lamps: Fluorescent, HID (High Intensity Discharge). HID Lamps: Mercury, HPS (High Pressure Sodium), MH (Metal Halide) and CMH (Ceramic Metal Halide)
Industry:Lights & lighting
A transparent or semi-transparent element which controls the distribution of light by redirecting individual rays. Luminaires often have lenses in addition to reflectors.
Industry:Lights & lighting
The distance between the centre of the filament, or arc tube, and a reference plane - usually the bottom of the lamp base.
Industry:Lights & lighting
A solid that directly converts electrical impulses into light. Some LED's today incorporate fluorescent materials to change the colour characteristics of the emitted light.
Industry:Lights & lighting
The product of all factors that contribute to lowering the illumination level including reflector degradation, dirt, lamp depreciation over time, voltage fluctuations, etc.
Industry:Lights & lighting
Light that is directed to areas where it is not needed, and thereby interferes with some visual act. Light pollution directed or reflected into the sky creates a "dome" of wasted light and makes it difficult to see stars above cities.
Industry:Lights & lighting
