Patent ID: 8492991
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A method for altering a lighting system for illuminating a chamber in a building, said chamber having and defined by a plurality of surfaces, said lighting system comprising at least one lighting fixture mounted onto one of the surfaces of the chamber in the building, said at least one lighting fixture including at least one conventional socket for a conventional lamp, said lighting system further comprising electrical lines and a controller controlling a current supplied to the at least one conventional socket through said electrical lines; said method comprising: electrically and mechanically connecting to said at least one conventional socket a CCFL device, said CCFL device comprising a CCFL, a connector that fits into said at least one conventional socket for electrically and mechanically connecting said CCFL to the socket, and a transformer suitable for converting an AC power having a voltage in the range of about 5-400 volts and a current at a frequency in the range of about 1 kc-100 kc to an output power suitable for operating the CCFL, causing the CCFL to emit light; installing a plurality of drivers in said lighting system, the plurality of drivers suitable for converting input power from a power source to said AC power; and connecting said at least one driver to the power source for converting input power from the power source to said AC power; wherein the controller is a single controller, the plurality of drivers are daisy chained together through control ports, and the single controller only send control signal to one driver to control the plurality of drivers.