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TOMBSTONE TYPE SOCKET [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamp Components
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

... most [fluorescent] lamps have two pins and the fixture or tombstone type socket.

Key term(s)
  • tombstone-type socket
  • tombstone lamp holder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments de lampes
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

Une lampe fluorescente à cathode chaude se présente sous forme d'un tube de verre rectiligne [...] À chaque extrémité est scellé un culot muni de deux ergots qui s'insèrent dans une douille-support (il suffit de tourner la lampe d'un quart de tour pour qu'elle se trouve verrouillée dans la douille et pour que la liaison électrique avec les circuits extérieurs soit assurée).

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