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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 ...

Minnesota will ban fluorescent bulb sales in 2026, ending retail availability and pushing homes and businesses toward LED ...

Check the light bulbs you have in your home if you live in this state — they may no longer be allowed under a new House bill ...

The Biden administration is unveiling a new proposed rule that, if enacted, would effectively phase out compact fluorescent light bulbs and move the U.S. light bulb markets decisively to more ...

People who want greener homes and lower electricity bills are increasingly switching to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), but the spiral-shaped bulbs are turning off some consumers because ...

In December 2022, the President Joe Biden's administration proposed a new rule that, if enacted, would nearly triple the current minimum light bulb efficiency level of 45 lumens per watt to over 120 ...

The inverter circuit shown is designed to drive a 7-W, four-pin compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) from a 12-V dc power supply. The main features of this inverter circuit include direct-drive capability, ...