|
Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
|
Fluorescent lights work by sending an electric current through a vapor of mercury atoms in what is known as an electric discharge.
|
|
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
|
Aquarium light fixtures will come with either incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes.
|
|
Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer
|
Fluorescent lights overhead and the cement floor painted white below made it seem as though we’d stepped into a different world from that on the other side of the wall.
Fluorescent lighting delivers three to four times the light of incandescent bulbs of the same wattage and lasts up to 10 times longer.
|
|
Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
|
Fluorescent lights at 6 inches provide 700 foot candles, and at 12 inches the light drops to 450 foot candles.
|
|
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
|
Fluorescent lights work by placing an anode and a cathode at opposite ends of a glass tube.
|
|
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
|
There are fluorescent lights in every cabin, with wall lights over settees and bunk lights by most bunks.
Fluorescent lights are cheaper to buy and operate in a home, school, or business than the more commonly seen incandescents-- but only where the light will be kept burning for five or more hours a day.
|
|
Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
|
Fluorescent lamps are a type of gas discharge tube similar to neon signs and mercury or sodium vapor street or yard lights.
Fluorescent lights are a potent source of ultraviolet light and should always be covered with cylindrical plastic sleeves that filter out the dangerous radiation.
Fluorescent lights are ideal because they don’t produce as much heat, which dries out seedlings.
|
|
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
|
The fluorescent lights are modified to flicker at a high unnoticable rate to transmit binary coordinate data via light signals to a handheld computer.
|
|
|
