Explanation should include
- identifying materials common to different lighting systems
- identifying different types of lighting, including
- incandescent
- fluorescent
- light emitting diode (LED)
- solar
- metal halide
- mercury vapor
- high-pressure sodium
- low-pressure sodium
- stating what application type is best suited for their application
- identifying various fluorescent tube sizes
- distinguishing among industrial, commercial, and residential lighting systems according to manufacturer’s manuals and instructor’s guidelines.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is an electrical ballast?
- With what material are fluorescent bulbs coated?
- Why do fluorescent bulbs need ballasts?
- Why are LEDs becoming more common?
- What is CRI?
- What is Kelvin temperature?
- What is a lumen?