Page 13 - Electromechanical Devices and Components Illustrated Sourcebook

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CHAPTER 12 LIGHTING 211
Incandescent Lights 212
Fluorescent Lights 212
Neon Lights 214
Halogen Lamps 215
Mercury Vapor Lamps 215
High-Pressure Sodium Vapor Lamps 216
Standard Lamp Bases 216
Lamp Sockets 218
Bulb Shapes 218
Color Temperature 220
Xenon Lamps 220
Carbon Arc Lighting 221
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) 221

CHAPTER 13 METERS 223

Compass 224
Galvanometers 224
Moving Coil Voltmeters 225
Plunger Type Voltmeters 229
Repulsion Vane Voltmeters 229
Dynamometer Voltmeters 229
Watt Meters 230
Watt-Hour Meters 230
Hot Wire Meters 230
Multimeters 230
Vacuum Tube Voltmeters 231
Digital Multimeters 231
Bench Built Multimeter 231
Strip Chart Recorders 233
Circular Chart Recorders 233
Meter Accessories 234
Continuity Testers 236
Power Indicators 237
Capacitor Function Test 238
Measuring Resistance 238
The Wheatstone Bridge 239
The SlideWire Bridge 239
Other Useful Test Equipment 239
Circuit Tracers 239
Logic Probes 240
Oscilloscopes 240
Sine Wave Generators 241
Function Generators 241
Frequency Counters 241
Insulation Testers (Meggers) 242
Sound Level Meters 242

CHAPTER 14 VACUUM TUBES 243
Diodes 244
Grids 245
Mercury Vapor Rectifiers 246
Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT) 247
Photosensitive Tubes 247
Magnetrons 247
Klystrons 248