[traderrob6]

“You’ll no longer be able to buy an incandescent light bulb starting January 1, 2014.

FALSE”

How so?

[KarlInOhio]

As far as I know, halogens (which are a type of incandescent) are efficient enough to remain legal. Also there are many heavy duty bulbs still available in otherwise illegal wattages, even if they are a little dimmer than their normal duty equivalents (mainly from rating them at 130 volts and then running at 120, so they run cooler than normal). I guess there must be some exception for "special" bulbs like heavy duty ones.

[apillar]

“You’ll no longer be able to buy an incandescent light bulb starting January 1, 2014.

FALSE”

How so?

Not sure what the original poster meant, but I'll attempt to answer. Back a year or two ago the congress banned any funds going for enforcement of the ban, even though the law is still technically on the books. Most US manufacturers had already stopped producing the bulbs in anticipation of the ban...HOWEVER...Chinese manufacturers are taking up the slack and ignoring the ban. For instance the 100watt incandescent that was banned in 2012 is still readily available on websites like lightbulbsdirect.com as will the other wattage's of incandescents when the they are banned in 2014.

[thackney]

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