LED replacement of incandescent lighting for residential use involves IC design that requires “penny pinching” to a degree not found in many other areas. LED-based bulbs that replace their ...

A 27-W LED bulb puts out 1,600 lumens at a color temperature that lets it replace a 100-W incandescent light. The coveted Lighting "L" Prize last year went to an LED bulb that could replace a 60-W ...

LED lightbulbs are supposed to last thousands of hours, so how come some of them stop working so fast? The answer might be in ...

The numbers you see on the box don't always work out in real life. LED bulbs do last longer, but those claims about five to 10 years are estimates based on internal testing -- and companies are always ...

My home has numerous LED bulbs, be them in recessed fixtures, hanging fixtures, and standing lamps. So far two have failed. The first was a BR30 that cycled on an off with temperature, the second was ...

LED bulbs come with big promises: Save lots of money on energy bills, get more customization over lighting and your lights will last for years without needing to be replaced. Most of those are true, ...

Scientists and engineers at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a new type of thermal analyzer: The In-Line Compact Thermal Analyzer, or ICTA. Said to ...

Occasionally you run across a product that you just know is simply too good to be true. You might not know why, but you’ve got a hunch that what the bombastic phrasing on the package is telling you ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in Budget 2021 that there will be a rise in customs duty for importing LED light components like LED driver or MCPCB (metal core printed circuit board) ...