When your fluorescent light flickers or makes a loud and annoying hum, a degrading ballast could be the cause. Replacing a ballast is easier than you think, but ballasts can be expensive, so consider ...

February 18, 2009 Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) are a smaller version of their long established big brothers which, despite some drawbacks such as a small amount of mercury content, have gained ...

Rosslyn, Va.-based National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published BL 2-2009, "Energy Efficiency for Electronic Ballasts for T8 Fluorescent Lamps." The standard was developed by ...

Electronic ballasts used in fluorescent lighting systems can experience high failure rates, due to the fact that the ballast manufacturer may not have considered all failure mechanisms or provided ...

International Rectifier (IR) announces the IRS2526DS "Mini8" compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) ballast control IC that features full programmability and a high degree of accuracy and control for all lamp ...

Q: I have two overhead fluorescent light fixtures – one in the kitchen ceiling and one in the laundry room – that are not working properly. After the switch has been turned on, the light bulbs may ...

When I wired my bathroom, I left some wires in the ceiling for an exhaust fan and light combo. I didn't get around to installing and wiring it up until today, but in the meantime I had replaced the ...

Last week I was sitting here at the office/loft/shop/warehouse/lab/consulting-place megaplex and the 8-foot fluorescent light flashed five times, then went back on ...