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: 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 ...

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 ...

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.

When I turn on the switch, the light flickers or just partially lights. I have replaced the fluorescent tubes, but they still don’t work properly. What should I do? A: You are smart to try the ...

Most fluorescent tube light fixtures have a plastic light cover to help diffuse the light and hide the tube lights from view. However, these plastic covers aren’t known for being very attractive ...

A fluorescent ballast takes in electricity and then regulates current to the light bulbs or tubes, stabilizing the output of ...

That current generates an invisible ultraviolet light that stimulates a fluorescent coating inside the tube, producing visible light. While CFLs are more expensive than incandescent bulbs ...