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Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Regulatory; Standards

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is the Australian government watchdog for the broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications industries.It is tasked with ensuring that ...

malpractice

Regulatory; Standards

Professional misconduct: treatment falling short of the standards of skill and care.

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

A measure of the distortion caused by ballasts and other inductive loads of the input current on alternating current (AC) power systems caused by higher order harmonics of the fundamental frequency ...

color rendering index (CRI)

Regulatory; Standards

An international system used to rate a lamp's ability to render object colors. The higher the CRI (based upon a 0-100 scale) the richer colors generally appear. CRI ratings of various lamps may be ...

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

Regulatory; Standards

An organization that writes standards and tests lighting equipment for performance as well as electrical and fire safety. Canadian provincial laws generally require that all products sold for ...

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Regulatory; Standards

A consensus-based organization which coordinates voluntary standards for the physical, electrical and performance characteristics of lamps, ballasts, luminaires and other lighting and electrical ...