{"id":153,"date":"2022-01-19T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/?post_type=part&#038;p=153"},"modified":"2022-06-15T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:23:14","slug":"gas-discharge-lamps","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/part\/gas-discharge-lamps\/","title":{"raw":"Gas Discharge Terms and Definitions","rendered":"Gas Discharge Terms and Definitions"},"content":{"raw":"Discharge lighting covers a variety of lighting styles, the most familiar of which is <strong>fluorescent lighting<\/strong>, but also includes <strong>Low Pressure Sodium<\/strong> <strong>(LPS)<\/strong> lamps and the three main <strong>HID<\/strong> lamps: <strong>Mercury Vapor<\/strong>, <strong>Metal Halide<\/strong> and the <strong>High Pressure Sodium (HPS)<\/strong>. All styles of gas discharge lamps require a <strong>ballast <\/strong>to operate.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-249 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" \/>","rendered":"<p>Discharge lighting covers a variety of lighting styles, the most familiar of which is <strong>fluorescent lighting<\/strong>, but also includes <strong>Low Pressure Sodium<\/strong> <strong>(LPS)<\/strong> lamps and the three main <strong>HID<\/strong> lamps: <strong>Mercury Vapor<\/strong>, <strong>Metal Halide<\/strong> and the <strong>High Pressure Sodium (HPS)<\/strong>. All styles of gas discharge lamps require a <strong>ballast <\/strong>to operate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-249 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-65x38.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-225x131.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps-350x204.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1597\/2022\/06\/gas-discharge-lamps.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-153","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/153\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/basiclightingforelectricianslevel2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}