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  2. Which Way Should A Ceiling Fan Turn In The Winter? Experts ...

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    Turns out, though, that the ceiling fan, used correctly, can actually make your house feel warmer in winter. If you can think back to fourth-grade science class, you may recall that heat rises and ...

  3. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    Downlights, often referred to as a "light kit", which add ambient light to a room and can be used to replace any ceiling-mounted lamps that were displaced by the installation of a ceiling fan Decorative lights mounted inside the motor housing—in this type of setup, the motor housing side-band often has glass or acrylic panel sections, which ...

  4. Dimmer - Wikipedia

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    A common dual dimmer module used in stage lighting A dimmer. A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the light.By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the intensity of the light output.

  5. Lighting - Wikipedia

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    It is typically a floor lamp but may be wall-mounted like a sconce. Further interior light fixtures include chandeliers, pendant lights, ceiling fans with lights, close-to-ceiling or flush lights, and various types of lamps [15] The portable or table lamp is probably the most common fixture, found in many homes and offices. The standard lamp ...

  6. Passive cooling - Wikipedia

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    Passive cooling covers all natural processes and techniques of heat dissipation and modulation without the use of energy. [1] Some authors consider that minor and simple mechanical systems (e.g. pumps and economizers) can be integrated in passive cooling techniques, as long they are used to enhance the effectiveness of the natural cooling process. [7]

  7. Ventilation (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    With the advent of practical steam power, ceiling fans could finally be used for ventilation. Reid installed four steam-powered fans in the ceiling of St George's Hospital in Liverpool , so that the pressure produced by the fans would force the incoming air upward and through vents in the ceiling.

  8. Lighting for the elderly - Wikipedia

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    The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) regulates melatonin and temperature and typically produces melatonin at night. Melatonin informs the body when it is time to sleep. When circadian cycles become disrupted (due either to too little light or too much light at the wrong time of day), melatonin is produced at disrupted times. This causes an ...

  9. LED lamp - Wikipedia

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    A 230-volt LED filament lamp, with an E27 base. The filaments are visible as the eight yellow vertical lines. An assortment of LED lamps commercially available in 2010: floodlight fixtures (left), reading light (center), household lamps (center right and bottom), and low-power accent light (right) applications An 80W Chips on board (COB) LED module from an industrial light luminaire, thermally ...