Section 16-102. Definitions

As used in this article:
    1.  "Active  mode"  means  the condition in which the input of a power
  supply or consumer audio and video equipment is connected  to  the  line
  voltage AC and the output is connected to a DC or an AC load, fulfilling
  one  or  more  of its main functions and drawing a fraction of the power
  supply's nameplate power output greater than zero.
    2.  "Authority"  means  the  New  York  state  energy   research   and
  development authority.
    3.   "Automatic   commercial  ice-cube  maker"  means  a  factory-made
  assembly, not necessarily  shipped  in  one  package,  consisting  of  a
  condensing  unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit,
  with means for making and harvesting cube-type ice. It may also  include
  means for storing or dispensing cube-type ice, or both.
    4.  "Ballast"  means  a device used with an electric discharge lamp to
  obtain necessary circuit conditions (voltage, current, and waveform) for
  starting and operating the lamp.
    5. "Ceiling fan" means a non-portable device that is suspended from  a
  ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades.
    6.  "Ceiling  fan light kit" means the equipment used to provide light
  from a ceiling fan. This equipment may be part of the unit such that the
  ceiling fan light kit is hardwired to the  ceiling  fan,  or  attachable
  such  that  the  ceiling  fan  light  kit  is  not, at the time of sale,
  physically attached to the fan. Attachable ceiling fan light kits may be
  included inside the ceiling fan package at the time  of  sale,  or  sold
  separately for subsequent attachment to the fan.
    7.  "Very  large  commercial  package  air  conditioning  and  heating
  equipment"  means  air-cooled,  water-cooled,  evaporatively-cooled,  or
  water  source (not including ground water source) electrically operated,
  unitary central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps
  for commercial application rated at or above two hundred forty  thousand
  BTU  per  hour  and  below  seven  hundred  sixty  thousand BTU per hour
  (cooling capacity).
    8.  "Commercial  pre-rinse  spray  valve"  means  a  hand-held  device
  designed to spray water on dishes, flatware and other food service items
  for  the purpose of removing food residue prior to the placement of such
  items in a commercial automatic dishwasher.
    9. (a) "Commercial refrigerator,  freezer,  and  refrigerator-freezer"
  means refrigeration equipment that:
    (i) is not a consumer product as defined by 42 USC 6291;
    (ii) is not designed and marketed exclusively for medical, scientific,
  or research purposes;
    (iii)  operates  at  a chilled, frozen, combination chilled/frozen, or
  variable temperature;
    (iv) displays or stores merchandise  and  other  perishable  materials
  either horizontally, semivertically, or vertically;
    (v)  has  transparent  or  solid  doors,  sliding  or  hinged doors, a
  combination of hinged, sliding, transparent or solid doors;
    (vi) is designed for pull-down  temperature  applications  or  holding
  temperature applications; and
    (vii) is connected to a self-contained condensing unit.
    (b)  The  term  "pull-down temperature application" means a commercial
  refrigerator with doors  that,  when  fully  loaded  with  twelve  ounce
  beverage  cans at ninety degrees Fahrenheit, can cool these beverages to
  an average stable temperature  of  thirty-eight  degrees  Fahrenheit  in
  twelve hours or less.
    (c)  The  term  "holding  temperature  application"  means  a  use  of
  commercial refrigeration equipment other than  a  pull-down  temperature
  application, excluding a blast chiller or freezer.

    (d)  The  term  "self-contained  condensing unit" means a factory-made
  assembly of refrigerating components designed to compress and liquefy  a
  specific  refrigerant  that  is  an  integral  part  of the refrigerated
  equipment  and  consists  of  one  or  more   refrigerant   compressors,
  refrigerant  condensers, condenser fans and motors, and factory supplied
  accessories.
    (e) The  term  "integrated  average  temperature"  means  the  average
  temperature of all test package measurements taken during the test.
    (f)  The  term  'AV' means the adjusted volume (cubic feet) defined as
  1.63 X frozen temperature compartment  volume  (cubic  feet)  +  chilled
  temperature  compartment  volume  (cubic  feet) with compartment volumes
  measured  in  accordance  with  the  association   of   home   appliance
  manufacturers standard HRF1-1979.
    (g) The term 'V' means the chilled or frozen compartment volume (cubic
  feet)  as  defined  in  the  association of home appliance manufacturers
  standard HRF1-1979.
    10. "Compact audio product", also known as  a  mini,  mid,  micro,  or
  shelf audio system, means an integrated audio system encased in a single
  housing  that  includes  an  amplifier  and  radio  tuner,  attached  or
  separable speakers, and can reproduce audio from  one  or  more  of  the
  following media: magnetic tape, CD, DVD, or flash memory. "Compact audio
  product"  does not include products that can be independently powered by
  internal batteries or that have a powered external satellite antenna, or
  that can provide a video output signal.
    11. "Consumer audio and  video  product"  means  televisions,  compact
  audio  products,  digital versatile disc players, digital versatile disc
  recorders, and digital television adapters.
    12.  "Digital  television  adapter"  means  a  commercially  available
  electronic  product  for  which  the  sole  purpose is the conversion of
  digital video terrestrial broadcast signals to analog NTSC video signals
  for use by a TV or VCR.
    13. "Digital versatile  disk  (DVD)"  means  a  laser-encoded  plastic
  medium  capable  of  storing a large amount of digital audio, video, and
  computer data.
    14.  "Digital  versatile  disc  (DVD)  player"  means  a  commercially
  available  electronic  product encased in a single housing that includes
  an integral power supply and for which the sole purpose is the  decoding
  of digitized video signals on a DVD.
    15.  "Digital  versatile  disc  (DVD)  recorder"  means a commercially
  available electronic product encased in a single housing  that  includes
  an  integral  power  supply  and  for  which  the  sole  purpose  is the
  production or recording of digitized audio and video signals on  a  DVD.
  "DVD recorder" does not include models that have an EPG function.
    16.  "Digital  video  recorder  (DVR)" means a device which can record
  video signals onto a hard disk drive or other device that can store  the
  images  digitally.  "DVR"  does  not  include  models  that  have an EPG
  function.
    17. "Electronic programming guide (EPG)"  means  an  application  that
  provides  an  interactive,  onscreen  menu  of  TV  listings,  and  that
  downloads program information from the vertical blanking interval  of  a
  regular TV signal.
    18.   "Energy  efficiency  performance  standards"  means  performance
  standards  which  prescribe  a  minimum  level  of   energy   efficiency
  determined   in  accordance  with  test  procedures  prescribed  by  the
  secretary in consultation with the president.
    19. "High-intensity discharge lamp" means a lamp  in  which  light  is
  produced  by  the passage of an electric current through a vapor or gas,
  and in  which  the  light-producing  arc  is  stabilized  by  bulb  wall

  temperature  and the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess of three
  watts per square centimeter.
    20.  "Illuminated exit sign" means an internally-illuminated sign that
  is designed to be permanently fixed in place and  used  to  identify  an
  exit;  a  light  source illuminates the sign or letters from within, and
  the background of the exit sign is not transparent.
    21. "Incandescent reflector lamp" means a lamp which is not colored or
  designed for rough or vibration service applications, that has an  inner
  reflective  coating on the outer bulb to direct the light, an E26 medium
  screw base, and a rated voltage or voltage  range  that  lies  at  least
  partially  within  one  hundred fifteen to one hundred thirty volts, and
  that falls into one of the following categories:
    (a) a bulged reflector or elliptical reflector bulb  shape  and  which
  has a diameter which equals or exceeds 2.25 inches; or
    (b) a reflector, parabolic aluminized reflector, or similar bulb shape
  and which has a diameter of 2.25 to 2.75 inches.
    22. "Metal halide lamp" means a high intensity discharge lamp in which
  the major portion of the light is produced by radiation of metal halides
  and  their  products  of  dissociation,  possibly  in  combination  with
  metallic vapors.
    23. "Metal halide lamp fixture" means a light fixture designed  to  be
  operated with a metal halide lamp and a ballast for a metal halide lamp.
    24.  "No  load mode" means the condition in which the input of a power
  supply is connected to an AC source consistent with the  power  supply's
  nameplate  AC  voltage,  and the output is not connected to a product or
  any other load.
    25. "Pedestrian traffic signal module" means an electrically  operated
  traffic  control  device  composed  of  one or more indications which is
  erected for the exclusive purpose of  directing  pedestrian  traffic  at
  signalized locations. It consists of a light source, lens, and all parts
  necessary for operation.
    26.  "Person"  means  any  individual,  trustee,  agency, partnership,
  association, corporation, company, municipality, political  subdivision,
  or other legal entity.
    27.  "Point  of  deployment  (POD)" means a card which enables a TV to
  have secure conditional access to a cable or satellite system.
    28. "Power supply" means a single voltage external AC to DC or  AC  to
  AC  power  supply included with other retail products and single voltage
  external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply sold separately.
    29. "President" means the president  of  the  New  York  state  energy
  research and development authority.
    30. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
    31.  "Single-voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply" means
  a device that:
    (a) is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC
  or AC output;
    (b) is able to convert to only one DC or AC output voltage at a time;
    (c) is sold with, or intended to be  used  with,  a  separate  end-use
  product that constitutes the primary load;
    (d) is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use
  product;
    (e)  is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired
  male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
    (f) does not have batteries or battery packs  that  physically  attach
  directly (including those that are removable) to the power supply unit;
    (g)  does  not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and an
  indicator light; or does not have a battery chemistry or  type  selector
  switch and a state of charge meter;

    (h)  has  a  nameplate  output power less than or equal to two hundred
  fifty watts.
    32. "Standby-passive mode" means the condition in which a power supply
  or  consumer audio and video product is connected to a power source, and
  does not fulfill its main function, and can be switched to  active  mode
  with the remote control unit or an internal signal.
    33.  "Television  (TV)"  means  a  commercially  available  electronic
  product consisting of a tuner/receiver and a monitor encased in a single
  housing, which is designed to receive and display an analog  or  digital
  video  television  signal  broadcast by an antenna, satellite, cable, or
  broadband source. "Television" does not include multifunction TVs  which
  have VCR, DVD, DVR, or EPG functions.
    34.  "Torchiere  lighting  fixture" means a portable electric lighting
  fixture with a reflective bowl that is designed to direct  light  upward
  onto  a  ceiling  so as to produce indirect illumination on the surfaces
  below.
    35. "Unit heater" means a self-contained, vented  fan-type  commercial
  space  heater  that uses natural gas or propane, and that is designed to
  be installed without ducts within a heated space, except that such  term
  does  not  include any products covered by federal standards established
  pursuant to 42 U.S. Code section 6291 and  subsequent  sections  or  any
  product  that  is  a  direct  vent,  forced  flue  heater  with a sealed
  combustion burner.
    36. "Vehicular traffic signal module" means an  electrically  operated
  standard  8-inch (200mm) or 12-inch (300mm) round traffic control device
  composed of one or more indications which is erected for  the  exclusive
  purpose  of  directing  vehicular  traffic  at  signalized locations. It
  consists of a light source, lens, and all parts necessary for operation.
  It communicates traffic control messages through red,  amber  and  green
  colors.
    37.  "Video  cassette  recorder  (VCR)" means a commercially available
  analog recording device that includes an integral power supply and which
  records television signals onto a tape medium for subsequent viewing.