If you're shopping for LEDs, there are many options to choose from-- and dimmer compatibility only complicates matters. Even if you pick the proper color temperature, lumens rating and a desired beam ...

Before you commit to your new light switches, the experts share when dimmer switches are a must-have, and when they can be ...

Installed some new sconces and a Leviton DDMX1-BLZ bluetooth dimmer. I tried using them with these Phillips 451906 100 Watt Equivalent LEDs but they buzz loudly when dimmed. This seems to a pretty ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Up until recently, buying a light bulb was probably as routine for most people as buying a carton of milk. But new light bulb regulations that took effect January 1, 2014, aimed at reducing the ...

Solid-state lighting (SSL) differs from conventional lighting in that it uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of filaments, plasma, or gases. Although still relatively early in its development, ...

With the feds legislating the end of the incandescent lightbulb by 2011, and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) being not-so-popular*, I’m eagerly awaiting the advent of inexpensive screw-in ...

The basic schematic of an electronic transformer (ET) includes a traditional full-bridge rectifier, a self-oscillating chopping circuit, and an output-power transformer. The self-oscillating circuit ...