For purposes of this part:
- (1) "AV" means the adjusted volume for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers, as defined in the applicable test procedure.
(2) "Ballast" or "fluorescent lamp ballast" means a device to operate a fluorescent lamp by providing a starting voltage and current and limiting the current during normal operation. It must also be designed to:
- (a) Operate at nominal input voltages of 120 or 227 volts.
- (b) Operate with an input frequency of 60 hertz.
- (3) "Ballast efficiency factor" means the ratio of relative light output, expressed as a percent, to the power input, expressed in watts under test conditions.
- (4) "Code" means the Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building Construction.
- (5) "Date of sale" means the day when the product is physically delivered to the buyer.
- (6) "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
- (7) "Distributor" means any person or business entity which distributes a privately labeled product on a national basis for which the specifications for manufacture, testing, and certification are established and attested to by the distributor, rather than the manufacturer.
(8) "Energy conservation standard" means:
- (a) A performance standard which prescribes a minimum level of energy efficiency or a maximum quantity of energy use for a covered product, determined in accordance with applicable test procedures;
- (b) A design requirement for the products specified in s. 553.957; or
- (c) A testing and rating requirement for the products specified in s. 553.957; and includes any other requirements which the department may prescribe.
- (9) "F40T12 lamp" means a tubular fluorescent lamp which is a nominal 40 watts, with a 48-inch tube, 1.5 inches in diameter. These lamps conform to American National Standards Institute standard C.78.1-1978.
- (10) "F96T12 lamp" means a tubular fluorescent lamp which is a nominal 75 watts, with a 96-inch tube, 1.5 inches in diameter. These lamps conform to American National Standards Institute standard C.78.3-1978.
- (11) "Luminaire" means a complete lighting unit consisting of a fluorescent lamp or lamps, together with parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect such lamps, and to connect such lamps to the power supply.
- (12) "Manufacturer" means any person or business entity engaged in the original production or assembly of a product.
- (13) "New product" means a product that is sold, offered for sale, or installed for the first time and specifically includes floor models and demonstration units.
- (14) "Nominal input voltage" means an input voltage within plus 5 percent or minus 5 percent of a specified value.
- (15) "Nominal lamp watts" means the wattage at which a fluorescent lamp is designed to operate.
- (16) "Occupancy" means an occupied building or part of a building.
- (17) "Operation" means the ability to start the lamp at least 8 times out of 10 with a minimum of 1 minute between attempts when tested under test conditions.
- (18) "Power input" means the rate of energy consumption in watts of a ballast and fluorescent lamp or lamps.
- (19) "Relative light output" means the test ballast light output divided by a reference ballast light output using the same reference lamp and expressing the value as a percent.
(20) With respect to refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers:
- (a) "Automatic defrost system" means a defrost system in which the defrosting action for all refrigerated surfaces is initiated and terminated automatically.
- (b) "Freezer" means a cabinet designed as a unit for the storage of food at temperatures of about 0 °F, having the ability to freeze food, and having a source of refrigeration requiring an energy input.
- (c) "Refrigerator" means a cabinet designed for the refrigerated storage of food at temperatures above 32 °F, and having a source of refrigeration requiring an energy input. It may include a compartment for the freezing and storage of food at temperatures below 32 °F, but does not provide a separate low temperature compartment designed for the freezing of and the long-term storage of food at temperatures below 8 °F. It has only one exterior door, but it may have interior doors on compartments.
- (d) "Refrigerator-freezer" means a cabinet which consists of two or more compartments with at least one of the compartments designed for the refrigerated storage of foods at temperatures above 32 °F, and with at least one of the compartments designed for the freezing of and the storage of frozen foods at temperatures of 8 °F or below. The source of refrigeration requires energy input.
- (21) Definitions used in the code shall also apply to terms used in this part.
History.--s. 1, ch. 87-271; s. 11, ch. 93-249.