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 ...

Abstract: Electrolytic capacitors are notorious for short lifetimes in high-temperature applications such as LED light bulbs. The careful selection of these devices with proper interpretation of their ...

The typical household LED light bulb is advertised with a 25,000 hour lifespan, which would be more than 20 years at 3 or so hours of use per day. That sounds great, but it seems that a good number of ...

Just to be sure, all dimmable (leading / trailing edge cutoff) bulbs come with smart drivers right? My new "C" labelled IKEA 1521 lm bulb dims to like 5% and has a start up delay of like 1-200ms, just ...

Transition to blue light radiation across Europe increases suppression of sleep hormone melatonin, say scientists Blue light from artificial sources is on the rise, which may have negative ...