“Power Conversion” is a conversion from one form of energy to another. It doesn't preclude the conversion of input energy into light, instead of more conventional load profiles that power supply ...

This month I need to fulfill the promise I made about explaining what all we did with electronic ballast technology in India, thousands of years ago (or so it seems). The most common (and commercially ...

Despite brisk sales of 4-ft T12 fluorescent lamps, the magnetic ballasts commonly used for the lamps’ operation will start becoming part of the past on July 1, 2010, when their continued manufacture ...

Older linear fluorescent fixtures used throughout most of the older buildings on the Western Michigan University campus utilized T12 type magnetic ballasts. This type of ballast operates at 60 hertz ...

A reliable, efficient control IC for magnetic ballasts used in fluorescent lamp, the IRS2538DS, emulates the behavior of a magnetic ballast control system. The IC leverages IR's patented ballast and ...

Aided by a new full-bridge controller, a popular electronic HID ballast topology manages lamp operation, while enhancing lamp safety. Tom Ribarich, Director, Lighting IC Design Center, International ...

Lighting makes up 20 percent of electricity use in the United States. Greater use of florescent lighting would reduce energy use. Now a newly patented device from the Center for Power Electronic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 25, 2001) - MagneTek Lighting Products, a leading manufacturer of electronic and magnetic ballasts, announced today that its name has changed to Universal Lighting Technologies.

Fluorescent light fixtures are more efficient and cheaper to run than incandescent. But some fluorescent fixtures buzz or hum, and they take a long time to start when temperatures fall much below ...