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Popular Mechanics January 15, 2009 Adam Hadhazy |
When CFLs Fail: How to Keep Your Compact Fluorescent Glowing CFLS are perhaps the best bulbs on the market. But these pricey bulbs aren't perfect. Here, we explore the source of CFL problems and explain how to prevent them. |
Popular Mechanics August 2008 Roy Berendsohn |
3 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Problems--and Expert Fixes Defective bulbs... Bulb failure... Prematurely bulb wear... |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Michael Kanellos |
Home Depot Teams Up With Philips, Cree on LED Bulbs A relatively cheap, efficient downlight for homes coming for Cree and Home Depot. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Paul Wallich |
The Lightbulb That Really Is a Better Idea LED bulbs change the lighting equation |
This Old House Megan Baker |
How to Light a Windowless Room Pro tips for brightening spaces that lack natural light. |
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Emily Masamitsu |
The Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: PM Lab Test When it comes to illuminating your home, brightness isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
Wal-Mart's Bright Idea Its new lightbulb initiative will benefit customers, shareholders, and the environment. Investors, take note. |
This Old House Keith Pandolfi |
Specialty Lightbulbs If you're in the dark about where to buy unusual bulbs, here's where our editors shop. |
This Old House June 26, 2015 Deborah Baldwin |
7 Tips for LED Bulb Buyers Avoid heartbreak in the lighting aisle with these tips. |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2011 Michael Kanellos |
Cree Unfurls Its Household LED Bulb The price isn't out yet, but it cranks 800 lumens. Could it be the true 60 watt replacement? |
This Old House Karen Ziga |
LED Light bulbs Get More High-Tech If you haven't made the switch from incandescents to LEDs, here's three reasons to do it now |
Outside May 2007 Amanda Griscom Little |
Screw the Right Thing Compact fluorescents are good for everybody, and the new models glow just as warmly as your cherished bulbs. So why aren't Americans seeing the light? |
BusinessWeek June 10, 2010 Jen Renzi |
One True Thing: The Desk Lamp Artemide's sleek Itis table lamp pivots to point a concentrated beam of light where you need it most. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Richard Stevenson |
LED Bulbs for Less In 2012, there will finally be a first-rate LED bulb you can afford |
This Old House John D. Wagner |
Burnout Busters A typical incandescent lightbulb burns for approximately 900 hours. If your bulbs aren't lasting that long, there's probably a good reason why. Here are four common problems, along with ways to fix them. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Arunava De |
How to Make Money During the LED Revolution With a ban on incandescent lighting on its way, LEDs might show the way to the future. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Tekla S. Perry |
A Better Light Bulb? A titanium dioxide coating gives this light bulb the power to eat germs and odors. |
This Old House Roseann Henry |
Dim All the Lights --- Quietly A dimmer switch can create a tranquil mood, but not if it makes an annoying buzz. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Rich Smith |
Lighting Up the Green Revolution How to profit from fluorescent bulbs. |
Fast Company September 2006 Charles Fishman |
How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It. For years, compact fluorescent bulbs have promised dramatic energy savings -- yet they remain a mere curiosity. That's about to change, thanks to a push by Wal-Mart. CFLs are a classic example of creative destruction. |
Wired June 23, 2008 Nate Ralph |
Green Lights: Pick the Right Compact Fluorescent for Your Room Save mother earth by switching to compact fluorescent bulbs. |
This Old House Keith Pandolfi |
Thinking Outside the Bulb Compact flourescent light bulbs and LEDs prepare for their turn in the spotlight |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
40-Watt Thinking from Capitol Hill Lighting manufacturers relax after a repeal of a 2007 energy bill is shot down. |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Your Luminescence Is Approaching Obsolescence The inefficient heat lamps you're replacing way too often are going away. Here's how you can profit from the change of the guard. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Rich Duprey |
LEDing the Way to Profits With the world deciding to turn off the lights and some big players deciding that alternatives are needed right away, opportunities abound for investors to profit from the bright lights of the LED industry. |
Fast Company September 14, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt |
Fifty Bucks For A Lightbulb? Say Hello To LED Bulbs We're told LED bulbs will brighten our future. Just not yet. |
Food Processing October 2012 |
MRO Q&A: LED Lights Pros and Cons I have been hearing a lot about LED lights recently. What are their pluses and the minuses? Are they the next big thing? |
This Old House Susan Arnold |
A Lesson in Bathroom Lighting A designer explains the basics: as the bathroom increasingly becomes a place to relax and recharge, complete with steam shower and spa tub, the lighting requires extra thought. And when it's done right, the payoff is great. |
U.S. CPSC October 12, 2004 |
Teng Fei Trading Recall of Energy Saving Light Bulbs The base of the bulb is not flame-retardant, as required in the voluntary standard for this type of bulb. Electrical components in the bulb can overheat, posing a fire hazard. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Suhas Sreedhar |
Selling Lighting by the Metric Ton of Carbon LED lighting outfit Lamina thinks builders will be turned on by greenhouse-gas reduction more than by wattage savings. |
U.S. CPSC August 4, 2004 |
Osram Sylvania Products Recall of Decorative Light Bulbs The glass bulb can separate from its base and break during use. The broken glass can present a laceration injury to consumers, the hot broken bulb can present a burn injury to consumers, and an exposed bulb filament can present a shock hazard if handled while power remains applied to the fixture. |
Reason April 2008 David Weigel |
Bright Idea President Bush approves a mandate that all light bulbs consume 25 percent less energy by the year 2012, effectively banning the traditional, incandescent light bulb. |
This Old House Mark Loeffler |
A Green, Well-Lighted Place How to choose energy-saving lighting for an environment-friendly house. |
U.S. CPSC May 10, 2011 |
Telstar Recalls Energy-Saving Light Bulbs Due to Fire Hazard The light bulbs can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2012 Bernie Weir |
The Subtle Circuitry Behind LED Lighting The circuitry behind LED lighting poses tricky challenges |
National Gardening |
Growing Herbs Under Man-Made Sun Even with a bright sunroom, sun-loving herbs will need 12 to 16 hours a day of supplemental light. You have two choices: fluorescent or high-intensity discharge (HID). |
This Old House October 2007 Keith Pandolfi |
Recycling Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs Compact Fluorescents contain mercury. So when your CFLs burn out, you should dispose of them properly. |
U.S. CPSC January 30, 2003 |
500-Watt Halogen Bulbs Recalled by Cooper Lighting These 500-watt light bulbs generate very high temperatures compared to incandescent and lower wattage halogen bulbs and can start a fire if they come in contact with curtains, clothes or other flammable material. These bulbs are intended for use in outdoor work lights and flood lamps. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Bulb Planting Know-how You can avoid many bulb problems simply by planting and fertilizing correctly... |
Chemistry World January 7, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Mercury in Energy-Saving Light Bulbs Old-fashioned tungsten light bulbs are due to be phased out. Their low-energy replacements contain mercury, which has triggered a rash of concerned media stories. |
National Gardening |
Bulbs 101 In addition to their charm and beauty, the large and diverse group of plants known as bulbs have a lot going for them: They come in neat little packages, are just about 100 percent guaranteed to bloom the first year they are planted, and are surprisingly pest- and disease-free. |
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Mike Allen |
How to Replace a Headlight That Doesn't Want to Be Replaced Handling the delicate replacement of a quartz-bulb headlight. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Jeremy MacNealy |
Yahoo! Spreads the "Good" News By spreading the "good" news through a network that generates ads, Yahoo! offers a perfect example of how a business does what it is designed to do (make money) while simultaneously doing what it ought to do (make a positive difference in the world). |
U.S. CPSC October 5, 2010 |
Trisonic Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Recalled Due To Fire Hazard Light bulb may overheat and catch fire. |
National Gardening |
Planting Onions Plant your sets early in the spring. Onions do best if the temperature is cool when they start to grow, and warm as they mature. |
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey |
Getting Started With Tulips If you want to see tulips bloom at winter's end, now is the time to buy bulbs and get them planted. |
U.S. CPSC December 8, 2004 |
Technical Consumer Products Inc. Recall of Fluorescent Light Bulbs The bulbs can overheat and spark, posing a burn hazard to consumers. |
BusinessWeek June 24, 2010 Caroline Winter |
Product Shot Kicking a sOccket soccer ball for 15 minutes produces enough power to light an LED bulb for three hours. |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Anders Bylund |
This Stock Is Lights Out In the middle of a massive market upheaval, Cree pulls out a rambunctious quarter with a business model that hopes to replace most incandescent bulbs in the world someday. |
National Gardening |
Naturalizing with Spring Bulbs Naturalized plantings are easy to create and easy to maintain. Though it takes a few years for the bulbs to multiply and make their full impact, in the meantime you can enjoy the sight of these harbingers of spring. |