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Fl Sw
English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
lighting
strings for a Web site
context is not very clear as I cannot find this on the Web site
"Electronic Low Voltage, Fl Sw w EB
Electronic Low-Voltage
Flourescent Dimming w/ Hi-lume Electronic Ballasts
Flourescent Dimming w/ Tu-Wire Electronic Ballasts
Fluorescent
..I imagine that fl = fluorescent, sw = switch, w = with, eb = electronic ballast, but I cannot understand what a fluorescent switch is, so maybe I'm wrong somewhere....
context is not very clear as I cannot find this on the Web site
"Electronic Low Voltage, Fl Sw w EB
Electronic Low-Voltage
Flourescent Dimming w/ Hi-lume Electronic Ballasts
Flourescent Dimming w/ Tu-Wire Electronic Ballasts
Fluorescent
..I imagine that fl = fluorescent, sw = switch, w = with, eb = electronic ballast, but I cannot understand what a fluorescent switch is, so maybe I'm wrong somewhere....
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Oct 28, 2013 10:00: Tony M Created KOG entry
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fluroescent, switched...
I reckon that it is not 'a fluorescent switch', but rather, 'a fluorescent that is switched' (as well as / instead of dimmed).
It seems to me to be referring to a type of dimmer suitable for fluorescent lights (clue: electronic ballast), which also offers a direct on/off switching facilities.
If in fact this is NOT a dimmer, it might even just be a low-voltage electronic 'switch for a fluorescent light'; the sort of thing that is widely used in remote-controlled applications.
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Note added at 2998 days (2013-10-28 10:01:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Apologies for the embarassing typo in my headword suggestion, which I've only just noticed, 8 years later!
As in the body of my explanation, the correct spelling is of course 'fluorescent'
It seems to me to be referring to a type of dimmer suitable for fluorescent lights (clue: electronic ballast), which also offers a direct on/off switching facilities.
If in fact this is NOT a dimmer, it might even just be a low-voltage electronic 'switch for a fluorescent light'; the sort of thing that is widely used in remote-controlled applications.
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Note added at 2998 days (2013-10-28 10:01:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Apologies for the embarassing typo in my headword suggestion, which I've only just noticed, 8 years later!
As in the body of my explanation, the correct spelling is of course 'fluorescent'
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Jack Doughty
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probably fluorescent switch
A fluoresent switch glows in the dark when it is off, so that you can see where it is, even in otherwise total darkness, to switch it on.
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: That illuminates it for me, Jack. (;-|)>
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Tony M
: Somewhat dubious, as I'd have expected that to be 'luminous', as the use of fluorescent' would be confusing with all these dimmers around...
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switched
My guess is that sw stands for switched - on/off - as opposed to dimmed (below), or it's a switch for fl lamps.
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You already have the answer:
Flourescent switch with Electronic ballasts
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Factory Line Switch
Just a guess:
Modulares Switschsystem FL Switch MMS
(Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG)
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Der Factory Line Modular Switch lässt ...
http://www.innovationspreis.com/teilnehmer/teiln2003/short30...
Modulares Switschsystem FL Switch MMS
(Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG)
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Der Factory Line Modular Switch lässt ...
http://www.innovationspreis.com/teilnehmer/teiln2003/short30...
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