Light fixture with submersible enclosure for an electric discharge lamp
CA 2394540 A1 · Owner: Davenport, John M. · Inventors: Lin, David Y.; Frankiewicz, Gregory P.; Buchina, Ray A.
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A light fixture with a submersible enclosure for an electric lamp (e.g, HID lamp) is disclosed. The fixture includes a ballast for supplying power to a high intensity discharge lamp. A submersible enclosure seals the lamp from water in normal operation. The fixture includes a water-sensitive circuit having a conductance that increases in response to water that leaks into the enclosure for conducting current from the ballast and limiting the ballast voltage. Alternatively, the submersible enclosure may contain a power lead for supplying power to an electrical load such as a lamp ballast a non-, ballasted lamp, or a color wheel. The power lead includes a fuse region that corrosively reacts in …
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- Filed July 23, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 23, 2022.
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