Fluorescent lightbulbs are quietly reaching the end of the road in one U.S. state. Starting in 2026, you won’t be able to buy them in Minnesota, even if your home or workplace still uses fluorescent ...

Have any fluorescent bulbs, either the long tubes or squiggly compact ones? These days, most consumers are switching to newer LED bulbs, which burn cooler and last longer. But what are you supposed to ...

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The color temperature of a light, measured in kelvins, is its most noticeable characteristic. A candle, at 1900 K, appears orange. Daylight, at 5500 K, is much whiter and bluer. A 5500-K bulb, however ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

Vermont stores will be prohibited from selling all types of general use fluorescent lights starting in the new year. A 2022 law banning the sale of 4-foot linear fluorescent bulbs goes into effect on ...

Sales of halogen light bulbs will be banned from September – with fluorescent alternatives to follow, the Department for Energy has confirmed. Energy-saving labels will also be upgraded to make it ...