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  2. Glow switch starter - Wikipedia

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    Various types of glow starter. A glow switch starter or glowbottle starter is a type of preheat starter used with a fluorescent lamp. It is commonly filled with neon gas or argon gas and typically contains a bimetallic strip and a stationary electrode. The operating principle is simple, when current is applied, the gas inside ionizes and heats ...

  3. Buncefield fire - Wikipedia

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    The tank had a level gauge that employees used to monitor the level manually, and an independent high-level switch which would shut off inflow if the level got above a certain setpoint. On Tank 912, the manual gauge was stuck and the independent shut-off switch was inoperative, meaning that the tank was being "filled blind" with petrol (i.e ...

  4. Buzzer - Wikipedia

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    Early devices were based on an electromechanical system identical to an electric bell without the metal gong. Similarly, a relay may be connected to interrupt its own actuating current, causing the contacts to buzz (the contacts buzz at line frequency if powered by alternating current) Often these units were anchored to a wall or ceiling to use it as a sounding board.

  5. Standards for Alarm Systems, Installation, and Monitoring

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    The standard details requirements for a range of alarm systems including central station burglar alarms, police station connected alarms, local alarms, proprietary systems, holdup alarms, and digital alarm communicator system units. It also covers power supplies essential for burglar-alarm equipment operation.

  6. High-intensity discharge lamp - Wikipedia

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    High-intensity discharge lamps are a type of arc lamp. Brand new high-intensity discharge lamps make more visible light per unit of electric power consumed than fluorescent and incandescent lamps, since a greater proportion of their radiation is visible light in contrast to infrared. However, the lumen output of HID lighting can deteriorate by ...

  7. 3-way lamp - Wikipedia

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    A 3-way lamp, also known as a tri-light, is a lamp that uses a 3-way light bulb to produce three levels of light in a low-medium-high configuration. A 3-way lamp requires a 3-way bulb and socket, and a 3-way switch. In 3-way incandescent light bulbs, each of the filaments operates at full voltage. Lamp bulbs with dual carbon filaments were ...

  8. High- and low-level - Wikipedia

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    In neuroscience, low-level would relate to the functioning of a cell (or part of a cell, or molecule) and high level to the overall function or activity of a neural system. [1] In documentation, a high-level document contains the executive summary, the low-level documents the technical specifications.

  9. Annunciator panel - Wikipedia

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    Alarm Annunciator used for process controls Alarm Annunciators being used in electricity distribution substations Example of an Alarm Annunciator that would be used in a variety of different plants. Annunciator panels were relatively costly to install in a plant because they had dedicated wiring to the alarm initiating devices in the process plant.