Flourescent lamps, ballasts, and fixtures. (Service Clinic).

The fluorescent lamp was the first major advance since the tungsten incandescent bulb to be a commercial success in small-scale lighting. Its greatly increased efficiency resulted in cool (temperature-wise) brightly lit workplaces (offices and factories), as well as home kitchens and baths. Fluorescent lighting may not be considered ultra-high-tech, but it is more complex than incandescent lighting-and maximizing lamp life and safety requires a bit more effort.

Fluorescent lamps are a type of gas-discharge tube similar to neon signs and mercury- or sodium-vapor street or yard ...

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