Hall / Foyer Fixtures
Can create a welcoming atmosphere, while providing you with general ambient lighting. Use ceiling, chain-hung or close to ceiling flush-mount fixtures for lighting in hallways, stairways and entrance halls.
Halogen Lamp
Incandescent lamp with halogen gas fill and a quartz glass capsule. The quartz capsule requires a separate glass shield or enclosure. Due to the halogen cycle, halogen lamps operate at higher internal temperatures, producing more lumens per watt and brighter light than ordinary incandescent; lamp life is also extended. Halogen lamps include A, MB, T, PAR and MR types.
Hammered Glass
Glass seen most commonly on outdoor fixtures that has a rippled, pitted “hammered” antique look.
Hand-Blown Glass
Individually produced glass made by artisans who blow molten glass into different decorative shapes.
Harp
Used to attach a shade onto a lamp.
Hard-Back
A shade that is lined with plastic.
Heat Ratings
Like recessed downlights, surface mounted fixtures must pass heat tests to assure they do not affect combustible ceiling materials. This limits the maximum wattage in these fixtures, and sometimes necessitates the installation of high-temperature wiring. Always follow the labelled lamping; never use higher wattages or different lamps.
Hickey
A threaded pipe coupling with a side opening used in wiring a luminaire and for attaching a fixture to an outlet box.
Housing
Main body of a ceiling fan that connects the motor and other components.
Hub
On a ceiling fan, another name for “Switch Housing.”
Hub Cap
Lower part of the switch housing on a ceiling fan hub. On some fans this part is removable.
Hurricane Lamp
A lamp having a distinctive globe glass housing for its bulb. Patterned after 19th century oil and candlestick lamps.
