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  2. The Prettiest Outdoor Christmas Lights You Should Add to Cart

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    When sourcing the best outdoor Christmas lights for 2023, we included solar-powered, battery-operated, and plug-in options in every style. Shop our picks now!

  3. Landscape lighting - Wikipedia

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    Light fixtures - fixed location - line voltage (120 V U.S. or 240 V Europe) and low voltage (12 V U.S.) [2] Post mount - column mount; Address light; Wall mount; Ceiling mount - hanging fixture; Security lights; Tree lights - up and down lights; In-grade fixtures- uplights buried in-ground - top flush with surface; Adjustable aim "bullet" - uplight

  4. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    Early bulbs, as well as some new antique reproductions, are made in various shapes and then painted like Christmas ornaments. Bubble lights and twinkle bulbs also come in this size. Outdoor-only bulbs are designated C 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 (1 + 5 ⁄ 32 in, or 29 mm), and have a similar blunt shape as the C 7 + 1 ⁄ 2, but use an E17 "intermediate" base ...

  5. Lighting - Wikipedia

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    An important property of light fixtures is the luminous efficacy or wall-plug efficiency, meaning the amount of usable light emanating from the fixture per used energy, usually measured in lumen per watt. A fixture using replaceable light sources can also have its efficiency quoted as the percentage of light passed from the "bulb" to the ...

  6. Electric eye - Wikipedia

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    Electric eye for a garage door opener. An electric eye is a photodetector used for detecting obstruction of a light beam. An example is the door safety system used on garage door openers that use a light transmitter and receiver at the bottom of the door to prevent closing if there is any obstruction in the way that breaks the light beam.

  7. Electric light - Wikipedia

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    An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting . Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic , metal, glass, or plastic which secures the lamp in the socket of a light fixture , which is often called a "lamp" as well.

  8. Electro-optical sensor - Wikipedia

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    There are many different kinds of optical sensors, the most common types are: [2] Photoconductive devices convert a change of incident light into a change of resistance. Photovoltaics, commonly known as solar cells, convert an amount of incident light into an output voltage. Photodiodes convert an amount of incident light into an output current.

  9. Photoelectric sensor - Wikipedia

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    Conceptual through-beam system to detect unauthorized access to a secure door. If the beam is interrupted, the detector triggers an alarm. A photoelectric sensor is a device used to determine the distance, absence, or presence of an object by using a light transmitter, often infrared, and a photoelectric receiver.