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Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Laboratory that sets safety standards for building materials, electrical appliances and other products for Mexico.

Non-pcb capacitor

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Capacitor used in ballasts to help provide power factor correction. Contains no polychlorinated biphenyls and meets EPA requirements.

Normal power factor

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Ballasts with power factor less than .90 and do not incorporate any means of Power Factor Correction.

Open circuit voltage (OCV)

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Open Circuit Voltage measured across the socket the lamp screws into, with the ballast powered on. It is dangerous to stick a voltmeter into such a socket without precise knowledge of the ballast ...

Open fixture rated

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Lamps that are approved for burning in open fixtures (as opposed to enclosed fixtures which have an acrylic lens or plate glass enclosure).

Operating position or burn position

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Mercury and High Pressure Sodium lamps may be operated in any burn position and will still maintain their rated performance specifications. Metal Halide and Low Pressure Sodium lamps, however, are ...

Operating voltage

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

For electrical discharge lamps, this is the voltage measured across the discharge when the lamp is operating. It is governed by the contents of the chamber and is somewhat independent of the ballast ...