If you want to improve lighting system efficiency, ballast selection is critical. Today's most popular energy-efficient lighting designs involve new ballasts. Because ballast technology is constantly ...

Lighting ballasts are as essential to a fluorescent lamp as an engine is to a car. In essence, they provide the power behind the light, serving as both an inhibitor to limit the flow of current and as ...

Fluorescent light fixtures are more efficient and cheaper to run than incandescent. But some fluorescent fixtures buzz or hum, and they take a long time to start when temperatures fall much below ...

Previously only available to operate up to two lamps, the HCN-4S54-90C-2LSG electronic ballast can drive four lamps for 54-W T5/HO applications. The device accepts either 347 V for general office ...

Capsylite G9 halogen lamp measures half the length of an ordinary incandescent lamp. Developed in Germany, the 120-volt lamp is suitable for reading, task lighting or for highlighting objects such as ...

June 10, 2009 ROSEMONT, IL – Philips Lighting Electronics proudly announces the expansion of its popular family of Optanium 28 Watt T5 electronic ballasts to include a new fixed output version ...

When considering alternative approaches to the design of dimmable electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps, the lamp power regulation method employed is the critical factor. It determines the ...

Considering the type and quantity of loads placed into most facilities, one fact becomes clear: The lighting system is one of the most pervasive of the electrical loads. Lighting can create localized ...

Today's design engineers are faced with new challenges when it comes to designing fluorescent or HID electronic ballast applications. In addition to the usual cost, reliability and longevity pressures ...

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 ...