Operating Factors

Mar 11, 2014

Operating Factors

Starting, warm-up time, and hot re-strike time, are three lamp operating factors that may be of importance when selecting a light source. In general, incandescent filament lamps can be switched on and off at will, but fluorescent lamps may require a few seconds to attain full light output. The warm-up time for some compact fluorescent lamps may be as long a several minutes. HID or High Intensity Discharge sources also require a warm-up time that may take several minutes. Most HID and LPS (Low-Pressure Sodium) lamps require several minutes for cool down after an …

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