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LED Tube Light Products We Would Like to See – Purpose-Built Fixtures

January 18, 2010

In a recent post, I described how to retrofit a fluorescent lighting fixture to support LED tube lights, and in another post I explained in detail why this is necessary. Now, since LED tube lights have been on the market for at least three years now, one might expect that at least one fluorescent [...]

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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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What Are LED Light Bulbs?

December 30, 2009

So, the first question many of you may have is what are LED lights are and what makes them special?
LED stands for light-emitting diode.  LEDs are actually semiconductors (just like computer chips) that emit energy in the form of light when electricity is passed through them. They are doped or injected with certain chemicals that [...]

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