Hardware House 543769 Berkshire 14-1/2-Inch by 10-Inch Ceiling Light Fixture, Oil Rubbed Bronze

why is a bolt of lighting hot? and filled with power?

A: The air around a lightning strike is about 54,000° Fahrenheit (30,000° Celsius), which is six times hotter than the surface of the sun. The reason it is hot is because it is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. How lightning initially forms is up

I Can See Paradise From the Dashboard Lights!

I just bought a new car and I’m thrilled about it.

I’ve only had three “new” cars in my 58 years and one of those was a Pinto so really, that one doesn’t count.

My new one is sleek and marvelous and the only grievance I would have is all the dashboard indicator lights. I suspect there are more indicator lights than the Pinto had engine parts.

I really didn’t notice all of them until I started my car in full dark and my dashboard lit up like the cockpit of a Boeing 747.

I must admit all the different colors and symbols shone brightly and produced a beautiful display but there was no way I was going to be able to understand what all the symbols represented at a glance.

Giving my owner’s manual a cursory glance, I see we have the ever important “Low Fuel” indicator and the annoying “Seat Belt Reminder” indicator. We have several indicators I’ve never seen or heard of before and one sounding rather ominous called the “Immobilizer System Indicator,” just to name a few.

Source: Naples Daily News (blog)

Lighting Roundup: LightFair 2011, Cree Products, Win for Finelite ...

The Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards (PIA) competition is held with the idea that “award winners will ultimately represent a peer-recognized selection of quality products that the architectural and lighting design community can feel... The Curve LED desk lamp by Finelite won the platinum prize in the task lighting category from the Architectural SSL Magazine’s Product Innovation Awards (PIA ’11). Curve is made of 97% recycled content, and it is 97% recyclable at the end of usable life. Curve has earned the EPA Energy Star label for solid state luminaires, with luminaire efficacy at about 50 lumens per watt. But according to Finelite, it was the “refreshing” form of the fixture judges with its design that earned Curve its prize. Its features include replaceable LED modules for extended life of the luminaire, QuickTouch dimming, sustainable base made from materials reclaimed from its own manufacturing process....

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