(Iron art knob) RK International 4″ c/c Distressed Rustic Pull - CP809

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RK International 4″ c/c Distressed Rustic Pull - CP809

RK International 4″ c/c Distressed Rustic Pull - CP809

4 in c/c Distressed Rustic Pull - CP809 Available in 5 different finishes Antique English Distressed Copper Distressed Nickel Oil Rubbed Bronze and Pewter Shown in Oil Rubbed Bronze Finish Product Includes All pulls come with 1 in long 8/32 machine screws Center to Center 4 in Length 5 in Width 7/8 in Projection 1-1/4 in

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Halogen Lighting - New Developments

Halogen Lighting - New Developments

Halogen lamps have now been around for a number of years. First invented in the late 1950s their increased popularity and widespread usage in multiple applications has seen production costs, and consequently prices, fall dramatically in recent years.

As the number of suppliers offering Tungsten Halogen lamps increases, and competition within the market sector intensifies, manufacturers are now seeking to gain competitive advantage through innovations in lamp technology.

Lamp Life
This was the first area in which engineers aimed to make improvements. Due to the luminous properties of Halogen lighting it is used in many retail environments in luminaries which can be hard to access. For this reason manufacturers wanted to offer a lamp which was not only more efficient but required less user maintenance. Most Mr16 Halogen lamps (those typically used in domestic situations) of just a few years ago lasted on average 2,500 hours. There are Halogen lamps now on the market that can boast a 10,000 hour life.

Energy Savers
The largest lighting expense is energy cost. General Electric, the inventors of the very first halogen lamp, sought to offer customers tangible cost benefits when in 2005 they introduced the GE Precise? IR Energy Saving MR16 halogen lamp. Replacing a standard 50 watt MR16 with a 37 watt Precise? IR will reduce energy consumption by 26%. It’s rated for 4,000 hours of life and is ideal for heat-sensitive applications.

UV filter Technology
UV Filter technology prevents unwanted UV components from being emitted in the light produced by halogen lamps. It is particularly effective in restricting the most harmful high energy UV-B and UV-C radiation, but also lessens the effects of low energy UV-A. It involves the ‘doping’ of the quartz envelope, which is enriched with UV absorbent material.

IRC Technology
Halogen IRC lamps represent one of the latest developments in halogen technology. Using an InfraRed Coating on the outside of the lamp, technicians improved luminous efficacy. This is due to the principle of ‘thermal recovery’, in which the heat, rather than dissipating, is reflected back onto the filament. The filament thus reaches operating temperature using less power.

Bulb Pinch Technology
This is a new manufacturing method applied to mains halogen lamps in which the filament is fixed in place within the envelope using glass knobs. As such they are not ‘free floating’, and able to withstand vibrations are more robust.
Halogen lamps in a low voltage environment have a consequently higher current and thus operate at higher temperatures. The filaments are therefore much thicker and do not require ‘pinch technology’.

Continual research and development by the leading manufacturers, including Osram, GE, Sylvania and Philips is leading to better quality, longer lasting, more efficient and safer lamps. This is fantastic news consumers, designers and lighting architects.

Please see my other articles for more information on Halogen lighting

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Darren writes for Gil-Lec

Learn French Online and Educate Yourself before the Next Generation Catches You Up!

Ever wished to visit France? Walk through the Champs Elysees? Climb upon the Eiffel Tower? To sail on the Seine? Did you really think to realize that without knowing a scratch of the French language. Come on. Stop kidding me!

Everywhere around the world people speak different languages but it seems that we are a little bit behind that kind of technology. Doesn’t that makes you wonder? We should prepare ourselves to get educated. We always send our children to the best schools to master a lot of things like French language but do you even know a little bit about it?

This is just a sneak-peak of where you should start.

Greetings: Monsieur Dupont meets Madame La Baronne.

Monsieur Dupont: Bonjour Madame! (Hello Madam!)

Madame La Baronne: Bonjour, Monsieur Dupont! (Hello, Mister Dupont!)

Monsieur Dupont: Comment allez vous? (How are you?)

Madame La Baronne: Tr?s bien, merci. Et vous? (Fine, Thanks. And you?)

Monsieur Dupont: Je vais bien, merci. (I’m well, Thanks.)

Well is it that hard? No, you see! We really need to get started to be educated before to try to educate others.

This is my 3-T Formula to learn French and much more: Tools, Tips and Techniques!

* Learn a lot and master what you’ve learned.

* Take action by listening, reading and writing what you’ve learned.

* Rehearse it with your partner by using all of your knowledge.

* And be patience to understand and to make understand.

A lot of people think that by hanging some name cards on door knobs they are going to learn French but it isn’t that easy. Believe me. Personally I speak fluently four languages and that all with confidence.

I learned two of them at home because my mother spoke Dutch and my father French. I learned English by watching American television for a couple of years with French and Dutch subtitles. And the last year I’ve just learned to speak Arabic by living and working in Egypt.

So now you see that this is the proof that your brain is unconsciously working while you’re wasting your time like a lazy … in your sofa watching TV, or listening to your parents or just living in another culture with another language.

Thus this will be your lethal weapon to learn French and other languages because your brain is really unconsciously working.

So now you know all that you just need to take the right steps to advance and become a real educated citizen in this wide wide globe of multi-lingual cultures.

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Everaert Patrice is “TheFrenchMaster” on his blog: http://learnfrenchonline.blogspot.com and he wants you to join him to become fortuned in vast knowledge and mush more. So visit us on: How to Learn French Online

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