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 ...

Dimming fluorescent lamps is an attractive feature that provides mood and brightness effects as well as having tremendous energy savings potential. Designing a dimmable electronic ballast, however, is ...

Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. New tool tests fluorescent bulbs and ballasts, in some cases, without a ladder. The electrician who walks around the office all day with a cart ...