Designers use ballast ICs, such as International Rectifier’s IR53HD420, in CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) for heating the filaments, igniting the lamps, and supplying the lamps with current ...

When your fluorescent light flickers or makes a loud and annoying hum, a degrading ballast could be the cause. Replacing a ballast is easier than you think, but ballasts can be expensive, so consider ...

International Rectifier (IR) announces the IRS2526DS "Mini8" compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) ballast control IC that features full programmability and a high degree of accuracy and control for all lamp ...

February 18, 2009 Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) are a smaller version of their long established big brothers which, despite some drawbacks such as a small amount of mercury content, have gained ...

Last week I was sitting here at the office/loft/shop/warehouse/lab/consulting-place megaplex and the 8-foot fluorescent light flashed five times, then went back on ...

When I wired my bathroom, I left some wires in the ceiling for an exhaust fan and light combo. I didn't get around to installing and wiring it up until today, but in the meantime I had replaced the ...

Q: I have two overhead fluorescent light fixtures – one in the kitchen ceiling and one in the laundry room – that are not working properly. After the switch has been turned on, the light bulbs may ...

An electronic ballast, in simplistic terms, takes a mains supply and transforms the energy to a storage capacitor, which in turn powers a half bridge Dr. Dirk Killat, Design Engineer, Dialog ...