In September 2000, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) amended the existing conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts when it published standard 10 CFR Part 430, Energy Conservation Program ...

Creative and innovative new products in both the lamp and ballast markets continue to transform the lighting industry, enabling specifiers and users to translate “energy-effective lighting” into ...

Electronic ballasts for fluorescent lighting deliver high efficiency and long lamp lifetimes. A new and simplified control circuit demonstrates complete control of the ballast, including all necessary ...

International Rectifier introduces what is reportedly the industry’s first IC to integrate power factor correction (PFC) and ballast control into a single compact 8-pin SO-8 package. May 12, 2011 ...

Electronic ballasts used in fluorescent lighting systems can experience high failure rates, due to the fact that the ballast manufacturer may not have considered all failure mechanisms or provided ...

Offering a ballast factor of 1.18, the Mark 7 0-10V electronic dimming ballast can operate four 32-W T8 fluorescent lamps. The 16.7 x 1.7 x 1.2-in. ballast can dim down to 3% relative light output, ...