Introduction What are LED headlights and how do they work? What are halogen headlights and how do they work? What are xenon headlights and how do they work? Most people are aware that LED stands for ...

**Definitive** Name: Tom, Romford Qualification: Electrical contractor and I maintain and repair street lighting Answer: Solar cells are quite an old system now, and many of the local authorities are ...

Yorkshire motorists need ‘enlightning’ the most when it comes to understanding traffic lights, according to a new survey. Just four per cent of the 1,000 drivers quizzed on how lights work, truly ...

Traffic lights in Australia run on a complex, ever-changing schedule. Here, we explain how they work... and how you can make the most of the system.

It’s not unusual to go years without using some functions of your car, and parking lights are a feature that we’d wager most drivers have never used. Read through the Highway Code, and there are very ...

…or at least it is when you find that the tangled mess of cables and bulbs that you've just rescued from the attic actually still works! But do you know the science behind how light bulbs function?

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