Mining lamp

A modern LED mining lamp

A mining lamp is a lamp, developed for the rigid necessities of underground mining operations. Most often it is worn on a special safety helmet.

Variants

Carbide lamp, a lamp that produces and burns acetylene
Safety lamp, any of several types of lamp which are designed to be safe to use in coal mines
- Davy lamp, a safety lamp containing a candle
- Wheat lamp

Concepts

Methods of generation

Incandescent	Regular Halogen Nernst Parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR)

Luminescent	Fluorescent Fluorescent lamp (compact) Fluorescent induction Photoluminescent laser lamp Solid-state LED bulb Cathodoluminescent Electron-stimulated Electroluminescent field-induced polymer

Combustion	Acetylene/Carbide Argand Candle Diya Flare Gas Kerosene Lantern Limelight Oil Rushlight Safety Tilley Torch

Electric arc	Carbon arc Klieg light Yablochkov candle

Gas discharge	Deuterium arc Neon Plasma Sulfur Xenon arc Xenon flash

High-intensity discharge (HID)	Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI) Hydrargyrum quartz iodide (HQI) Mercury-vapor Metal-halide ceramic Sodium vapor

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