§ 16-102. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Active mode" means the condition in which the input of a power\nsupply or consumer audio and video equipment is connected to the line\nvoltage AC and the output is connected to a DC or an AC load, fulfilling\none or more of its main functions and drawing a fraction of the power\nsupply's nameplate power output greater than zero.\n 1-a. "Product" means any appliance or equipment, other than a motor\nvehicle, which in operation consumes or is designed to consume energy or\nto result in the consumption of energy, including any water-related\nappliance, equipment or fixture that is designed to consume or result in\nthe consumption of energy in its operation or use.\n 2. "Authority" means the New York state energy research and\ndevelopment authority.\n 3. "Automatic commercial ice-cube maker" means a factory-made\nassembly, not necessarily shipped in one package, consisting of a\ncondensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit,\nwith means for making and harvesting cube-type ice. It may also include\nmeans for storing or dispensing cube-type ice, or both.\n 4. "Ballast" means a device used with an electric discharge lamp to\nobtain necessary circuit conditions (voltage, current, and waveform) for\nstarting and operating the lamp.\n 4-a. The following definitions refer to water coolers:\n (a) "Bottle-type" means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or\nreservoir as the source of potable water.\n (b) "Water cooler" means a freestanding device that consumes energy to\ncool and/or heat potable water.\n (c) "Cold only units" means units that dispense cold water only.\n (d) "Hot and cold units" means units that dispense both hot and cold\nwater. Some units may also offer room-temperature water.\n (e) "Cook and cold units" means units that dispense both cold and\nroom-temperature water.\n (f) "Point of use (POU)" means the water cooler is connected to a\npressurized water source.\n (g) "Conversion-type" means a unit that ships as either bottle-type or\nPOU and includes a conversion kit intended to convert the water cooler\nfrom a bottle-type unit to a POU unit or to convert a POU unit to a\nbottle-type unit.\n (h) "Storage-type" means thermally conditioned water is stored in a\ntank in the water cooler and is available instantaneously.\n (i) "On demand" means the water cooler heats water as it is requested,\nwhich typically takes a few minutes to deliver.\n 5. "Ceiling fan" means a non-portable device that is suspended from a\nceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades.\n 6. "Ceiling fan light kit" means the equipment used to provide light\nfrom a ceiling fan. This equipment may be part of the unit such that the\nceiling fan light kit is hardwired to the ceiling fan, or attachable\nsuch that the ceiling fan light kit is not, at the time of sale,\nphysically attached to the fan. Attachable ceiling fan light kits may be\nincluded inside the ceiling fan package at the time of sale, or sold\nseparately for subsequent attachment to the fan.\n 6-a. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means a heated, fully\nenclosed compartment, with one or more solid or partial glass doors,\nthat is designed to maintain the temperature of hot food that has been\ncooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet"\ndoes not include heated glass merchandising cabinets, drawer warmers or\ncook-and-hold appliances.\n 7. "Very large commercial package air conditioning and heating\nequipment" means air-cooled, water-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, or\nwater source (not including ground water source) electrically operated,\nunitary central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps\nfor commercial application rated at or above two hundred forty thousand\nBTU per hour and below seven hundred sixty thousand BTU per hour\n(cooling capacity).\n 8. "Commercial pre-rinse spray valve" means a hand-held device\ndesigned to spray wate
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