Despite the Republican party’s best, yet misguided efforts, incandescent bulbs are on their way out. Energy-efficient lighting like CFLs and LEDs are fast becoming the norm, and it was only a matter ...

When picking an LED bulb, it's best to stick with well-known, reliable brands, even if you have to pay a bit more. For smart ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. When we talked to designers and havers of great taste for our story on 31 Low-Lift Home Improvements ...

Question: I would like to install several dimmer switches to control light output. Do I need special wiring to accomplish this? Older dimmers I have used scared me because the switch is warm to the ...

A good Philips Hue bulb costs about $50 at full retail, and you can save a few bucks if you grab one on sale. Anyone who has Hue products knows that’s a perfectly reasonable price for such a terrific ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Q: During a recent dinner date at my house, I thought about how romantic it would be if I could dim the lights. My light switch doesn’t have this feature and I would like to replace it with one that ...

Up until recently, buying a light bulb was probably as routine for most people as buying a carton of milk. But new light bulb regulations that took effect January 1, 2014, aimed at reducing the ...

The concept: find a COTS* motorcycle LED light dimmer that can be spliced into an auxiliary LED light array to vary the light output. We found this “Rotary LED Dimmer”, made by ADVmonster and designed ...

An ultra-efficient light bulb that you can dim with a regular light switch has been invented by a trio of engineers from Toronto. Gimmy Chu, Tom Rodinger and Christian Yan of Nanoleaf, now based in ...

They’re consistently popular with the readers, which is admittedly part of my (and EDN’s) motivation to continue doing them. But I personally also find them fascinating; inevitably I come across at ...