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Tube Lights: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)

January 8, 2010

Introduced in 1938, the fluorescent bulb was the first major lighting advance to achieve widespread commercial adoption following the 1905 introduction of the tungsten incandescent bulb.  Fluorescent bulbs represented a huge increase in efficiency and operating life over incandescent lamps, enabling cooler, brightly lit offices, factories, and schools, as well as home kitchens and baths. [...]

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Electricity Savings with LED Tube Lights

January 6, 2010

How much electricity can you expect to save by installing LED tube lights?  Well, it depends, of course, on what kind of fluorescent bulbs you are replacing, whether there was an electronic or magnetic ballast and the rated wattage of the replacement bulb or bulbs, but you are guaranteed to use less electricity than is [...]

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