§ 39-27-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Automatic commercial icemaker� means a factory-made assembly that is shipped in one
or more packages that consists of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating
as an integrated unit, that makes and harvests ice cubes, and that may store and dispense
ice. This term includes machines with capacities between and including fifty (50)
and two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per twenty-four (24) hours.
(2) "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.
(3) "Boiler� means a self-contained, low-pressure appliance for supplying steam or hot
water primarily designed for space heating.
(4) "Bottle-type water dispenser� means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or reservoir
as the source of potable water.
(5) "Chief of Energy and Community Services� means the head official of the Rhode Island
state energy office.
(6) "Commercial clothes washer� means a soft-mount horizontal or vertical-axis clothes
washer that:
(i) Has a clothes container compartment no greater than three and one-half cubic feet
(3.5 cu ft.) in the case of a horizontal-axis product or no greater than four cubic
feet (4 cu ft.) in the case of a vertical-axis product; and
(ii) Is designed for use by more than one household, such as in multifamily housing, apartments,
or coin laundries.
(7) "Commercial hot food holding cabinet� means an appliance that is a heated, fully-enclosed
compartment with one or more solid doors, and that is designed to maintain the temperature
of hot food that has been cooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot food holding
cabinet� does not include heated glass merchandizing cabinets, drawer warmers, or
cook-and-hold appliances.
(8) "Commercial pre-rinse spray valve� means a hand-held device designed and marketed
for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment and that sprays water
on dishes, flatware, and other food service items for the purpose of removing food
residue prior to their cleaning.
(9) "Commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer� means self-contained
refrigeration equipment that:
(i) Is not a consumer product as regulated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 6291 and subsequent sections;
(ii) Operates at a chilled, frozen, combination chilled/frozen, or variable temperature
for the purpose of storing and/or merchandising food, beverages, and/or ice;
(iii) May have transparent and/or solid hinged doors, sliding doors, or a combination of
hinged and sliding doors; and
(iv) Incorporates most components involved in the vapor compression cycle and the refrigerated
compartment in a single cabinet.
This term does not include:
(i) Units with eighty-five cubic feet (85 cu. ft.) or more of internal volume;
(ii) Walk-in refrigerators or freezers;
(iii) Units with no doors; or
(iv) Freezers specifically designed for ice cream.
(10) "Commission� means the Rhode Island public utilities commission.
(11) "Compensation� means money or any other valuable thing, regardless of form, received,
or to be received, by a person for services rendered.
(12) "Electricity ratio� is the ratio of furnace electricity use to total furnace energy
use. Electricity ratio = (3.412*EAE/(1000*Ef +3.412*EAE)) where EAE (average annual
auxiliary electrical consumption) and EF (average annual fuel energy consumption)
are defined in Appendix N to subpart B of part 430 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(13) "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 (3 W) per square centimeter.
(14) "Illuminated exit sign� means an internally-illuminated sign that is designed to be
permanently fixed in place to identify a building exit and consists of an electrically
powered integral light source that illuminates the legend "EXIT� and any directional
indicators and provides contrast between the legend, any directional indicators and
the background.
(15) "Large packaged air-conditioning equipment� means electronically-operated, air-cooled
air-conditioning and air-conditioning heat pump equipment having cooling capacity
greater than, or equal to, two hundred forty thousand (240,000) Btu/hour but less
than seven hundred sixty thousand (760,000) Btu/hour that is built as a package and
shipped as a whole to end-user sites.
(16) "Low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer� means a transformer that:
(i) Has an input voltage of six hundred volts (600 V) or less;
(ii) Is air-cooled;
(iii) Does not use oil as a coolant; and
(iv) Is rated for operation at a frequency of sixty hertz (60 Hz).
(17) "Mercury-vapor lamp� means a high-intensity discharge lamp in which the major portion
of the light is produced by radiation from mercury operating at a partial pressure
in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) PA (approximately 1 atm). This includes
clear, phosphor-coated, and self-ballasted lamps.
(18) "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.
(19) "Metal-halide lamp fixture� means a lamp fixture designed to be operated with a metal-halide
lamp and a ballast for a metal-halide lamp.
(20) "Probe-start metal-halide ballast� means a ballast used to operate metal-halide lamps
that does not contain an igniter and instead starts lamps by using a third starting
electrode "probe� in the arc tube.
(21) "Pulldown refrigerator� means a commercial refrigerator with doors that, when fully
loaded with twelve-ounce (12) canned beverages at ninety (90) degrees F, can cool
these beverages to an average stable temperature of thirty-eight (38) degrees F in
twelve (12) hours or less.
(22) "Residential boiler� means a self-contained appliance for supplying steam or hot water,
that uses natural gas, propane, or home heating oil and has a heat input rate of less
than three hundred thousand (300,000) Btu per hour.
(23) "Residential furnace� means a self-contained space heater designed to supply heated
air through ducts of more than ten inches (10") length and utilizes only single-phase
electric current, or single-phase electric current or DC current in conjunction with
natural gas, propane, or home-heating oil, and that:
(i) Is designed to be the principal heating source for the living space of one or more
residences;
(ii) Is not contained within the same cabinet with a central air conditioner whose rated
cooling capacity is above sixty-five thousand (65,000) Btu per hour; and
(iii) Has a heat input rate of less than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) Btu
per hour.
(24) "Single-voltage external AC to DC power supply� means a device that:
(i) Is designed to convert line-voltage AC input into lower-voltage DC output;
(ii) Is able to convert to one DC output voltage at a time;
(iii) Is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes
the primary power load;
(iv) Is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product;
(v) Is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical
connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
(vi) Does not have batteries or battery packs, including those that are removable, that
physically attach directly to the power supply unit;
(vii) Does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and indicator light; or
(viii) Has a nameplate output power less than or equal to two hundred fifty watts (250 W).
(25) "State-regulated incandescent reflector lamp� means a lamp, not colored or designed
for rough or vibration service applications, with an inner reflective coating on the
outer bulb to direct the light, an E26 medium screw base, a rated voltage or voltage
range that lies at least partially within one hundred fifteen to one hundred thirty
volts (115 V to 130 V), and that falls into either of the following categories: a
blown PAR (BPAR), bulged reflector (BR), or elliptical reflector (ER) bulb shape or
similar bulb shape with a diameter equal to or greater than two and one-quarter inches
(2.25"); or a reflector (R), parabolic aluminized reflector (PARA) bulged reflector
(BR) or similar bulb shape with a diameter of two and one-quarter inches to two and
three-quarter inches (2.25� to 2.75"), inclusive.
(26) "Torchiere� means a portable electric lighting fixture with a reflective bowl that
directs light upward onto a ceiling so as to produce indirect illumination on the
surfaces below. A torchiere may include downward-directed lamps in addition to the
upward, indirect illumination.
(27) "Traffic signal module� means a standard eight-inch (8) (two hundred millimeter (200
mm)) or twelve-inch (12) (three hundred millimeter (300 mm)) traffic signal indication,
consisting of a light source, a lens, and all other parts necessary for operation.
(28) "Transformer� means a device consisting of two (2) or more coils of insulated wire
and that is designed to transfer alternating current by electromagnetic induction
from one coil to another to change the original voltage or current value. The term
"transformer� does not include:
(i) Transformers with multiple voltage taps, with the highest voltage tap equaling at
least twenty percent (20%) more than the lowest voltage tap; or
(ii) Transformers, such as those commonly known as drive transformers, rectifier transformers,
auto-transformers, uninterruptible power system transformers, impedance transformers,
regulating transformers, sealed and nonventilating transformers, machine tool transformers,
welding transformers, grounding transformers, or testing transformers, that are designed
to be used in a special purpose application and are unlikely to be used in general
purpose applications.
(29) "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.C. § 6291 and subsequent sections or any product that is a direct vent, forced flue heater
with a sealed combustion burner.
(30) "Walk-in refrigerator� and "walk-in freezer� mean a space, designed for the purpose
of storing and/or merchandising food, beverages, and/or ice, that is refrigerated
to temperatures, respectively, at or above and below thirty-two (32) degrees F that
can be walked into.
(31) "Water dispenser� means a factory-made assembly that mechanically cools and heats
potable water and that dispenses the cooled or heated water by integral or remote
means.