Fluorescent tube lighting was a staple in homes and commercial buildings in the late 20th century. In residential settings, it was especially popular in kitchens and can still be found in older ...

Q: As I was changing the fluorescent light tube in my ceiling fixture, I rotated the bulb to get it out and I heard a “snap” and saw things falling from the fixture. I cringed and waited for ...

Fluorescent lights are more efficient than incandescent ones, but also more complicated. As a result, simply replacing the bulb-actually a tube-when a fluorescent light develops problems will not ...

Fluorescent lighting is not only much more energy efficient than incandescent lighting–a 40-watt fluorescent tube will give five or six times as much light as a 40-watt incandescent bulb&#821… ...

Q: The kitchen of my 1987 house has fluorescent tubes in the ceiling, which is dropped down 5½ inches so acrylic panels covering the lights look like part of the ceiling. I hate the quality of ...

Fluorescent tubes have long been a staple in the US, illuminating warehouses, offices, and public buildings across the nation for decades. However, recent legislative actions in several states signal ...

The fat, four-foot fluorescent bulb is going the way of the 100-watt household incandescent -- into extinction because it is also an energy hog compared with its replacement. That's the good news.

Conventional fluorescent tube light fixtures officially need to die now that a Japanese company has announced a Wi-Fi-equipped LED fluorescent tube lamp replacement worthy of being on a spaceship ...

Fluorescent tubes via: Martine Laine/Flickr But those tubes are actually very good at what they do — offering low-cost lighting with bulbs you don’t have to think about for at least several years.

By the 1950s and ’60s, fluorescent tubes that threw light straight down onto people’s heads and flickered audibly were the dominant form of office lighting, which meant that everyone was ...

If a standard fluorescent tube lighting source is shielded by a standard acrylic plastic diffuser, there’s rarely a significant risk for people with systemic lupus. These plastic diffusers are ...