Fluorescent lamps have long been used in homes, offices, and industrial settings due to their energy efficiency and long ...

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 ...

Q: My home is about 20 years old. My problem is with the lights in the kitchen. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. When I turn on the switch, the light flickers or just partially lights. I ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are ...

Because fluorescent bulbs last so long, there may not necessarily be a rush to replace the fixtures in the next six months. Joseph Howley, manager industry relations for GE Lighting in Neela Park, ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

Your editorial on the new light bulbs missed one thing. They are advertised to last seven years, but they are only guaranteed for two and most of them do not last that long. That means that especially ...

EVERETT — Phil Beardsley got a surprise last week when he bought some fluorescent lights at a home improvement store. The Lake Stevens retiree was prepared to plunk down the sticker price of nearly ...

I moved into a new house three years ago, and bought a whole bunch of fluorescent light bulbs that were expensive, but supposed to last up to five years. I like to use these bulbs because they not ...