The first artificial source of light was nothing more than a burning stick--about a million years ago. Out With Old Fluorescent Fixtures and in With New - Los Angeles Times ...

The new fixtures and bulbs are 40 percent more efficient than the old-fashioned fluorescent fixtures and bulbs, Howley said. The new bulbs will last 30,000 hours, compared to an average life of ...

There's one main reason for the phaseout: Old light bulbs are wasteful. Some 90 percent of their energy goes toward giving off heat instead of light, which is why they're so hot you can't touch ...

In the beginning, there was darkness. Then came fire. It wasn't until the 19th century that artificial light was first generated. The big leap came in the 1880s, when Thomas Edison lit homes ...

business Technology. How to get the same light as an old-fashioned incandescent bulb Today's bulbs come in several types, like compact fluorescent and LED and several color temperatures, which ...

Silencing the Buzz, Hum of Fluorescent Light Fixtures. L.A. Times Archives. May 19, 2001 12 AM PT . ... If you don’t know which ballast to buy, take your old one to an electrical supply house.

Old-Fashioned Light Bulbs Could Be Coming Back - Here’s Why. Rob Waugh's Yahoo Blog. 12 January 2016 at 3:50 am. ... But the new MIT lights could have 40% efficiency as opposed to 5% - and just 14% ...

The old-fashioned incandescent light bulb will not disappear suddenly. It will occur over three years, with the higher wattage bulbs dying first. Standard bulbs will be phased out on this schedule: ...

Old-fashioned electric light bulbs can no longer be sold in Britain and the rest of the EU. They have been replaced by more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs and the newer light-emitting diode ...

The deluxe “Chicago Gateway 2000” light poles that rise in many new streetscapes are part steel, part wrought iron, and require less maintenance than the old fixtures, Steele said, because ...

The bulbs were too big for many fixtures, expensive (up to $25 each) and they threw a dim, antiseptic light that paled next to the warmth of good old-fashioned incandescent bulbs. Now, a new CFL ...