§ 127. Fluorescent and Neon Lighting.  


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  • 1. 
    All fluorescent lighting fixtures, lamps and equipment installed on customers' premises must be of the high-power-factor type with certified rating for each complete operating unit of not less than 85% power factor.
    2. 
    All neon lighting fixtures and equipment with total rating in excess of 750 volt-amperes per meter installation must be equipped with auxiliaries for maintaining a power factor of not less than 85%. These auxiliaries may be incorporated in the transformers, or capacitor-transformers may be installed to correct the power factor of the entire neon installation.
    3. 
    The electric department reserves the right to test fluorescent, neon or similar equipment before or after its installation.
Ord. 425, 6/7/1950, Art. XVII, § 1