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I was wondering what the odd names for types of lamps mean, I know XBO means a Xenon arc lamp, but what is MBFU?
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This is what called "Lamp Nomenclature". Several countries and lighting companies adopted lamp nomenclature codes for lamp identification. MBFU is a british identification code for a MV lamp. M = Mercury, B = High pressure, F = Fluorescent, U = Universal burning position. The most famous lamp nomenclature system, is your country (USA) fluorescent identification system, which F = Fluorescent, XX = Watts/Inches, T = Tubular, and X or XX = Glass diameter in eigths of an inch, followed by slash and color code and any special feature.
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Is there some chart I can refer to when I hear these terms being used? I also now know that MBU is clear MV.
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At James Hooker's website , you can find information about lamp nomenclature system by clicking the titles of each lamp technology (Not all are clickable).
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Also some names for the fittings are a bit odd until I came here ide never heard of a truffer!!
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Also some names for the fittings are a bit odd until I came here ide never heard of a truffer!!
And troffers are those recessed fluorescent lights you see in offices.
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Ah troffer not truffer OK now I know thanks
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I think `Troffer` was just a Thorn brand name?, GEC called it the `T-pack`, and Philips called theirs the `Powerslimmer`, generally their just known as 600x600 Mods, or 600x1200 if its the 4 foot.
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It's actually a combination of the words "trough" and "coffer". You can read (slightly) further in what must be one of the world's shortest Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troffer
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Interesting, so is that what you guys in the US know them as?
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Yep, that's the common term for them here.
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We had these in the new building of the the factory where I was I think they had 4 x 4 foot tubes we also new them as fire starters because we had several that caught fire in fact our electrician started a black museum of burnt fittings and starters
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Here, the troffers weren't available until the arrival of the energy saver krypton T8. They almost always came with two chokes of 40W T12/36W T8 and 4x18W T8, two lamps series with the chokes. Lately, the 4x14W T5 troffers appeared, but in the recent years, LED panels replaces their place.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site. Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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