The use of low voltage lighting systems has become increasingly popular over the past several years. Low voltage halogen and low voltage xenon lighting systems can be found in almost any setting – restaurants, hotels, bars, retail stores, museums, art galleries, offices, and the home. We have all seen these types of lighting systems in the form of cabinet lighting, cove lighting, landscape lighting, picture lights, regular track lighting, flexible track lighting (sometimes referred to as monorail lighting), cable lighting, and under cabinet lighting. Here are 15 things that you should know about these low voltage lighting systems.
The quest for artificial light dates back to when man first learned to control fire. Even the Greeks experimented with static electricity. In 1710, British scientist Francis Hauksbee used static electricity to produce a glow in a hollow glass globe exhausted of its air. By 1808, the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy attached two pieces of coal to a 2,000-cell battery to produce a four-inch arc of light. Michael Faraday, working in Britain, and American Joseph Henry independently discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction in 1831, leading to the development of the dynamo as a source of electric power.
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