[The Antiyuppie]

There is or was an enterprising individual in Germany selling incandescent lightbulbs as heaters - therefore making them apparently legal.

It’s going to be a LONG time before LED bulbs work in all of the temperature extremes that an incandescent bulb will work in. CFL’s? Forget it.

[tbw2]

Here’s the original article on “Heat balls”

A bright idea! The EU may have banned old-fashioned bulbs, but sparky entrepreneurs have alighted on a ruse to keep selling them

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1345898/The-EU-ban-old-fashioned-light-bulbs-sparks-entrepreneurs-ruse-sell-them.html#ixzz1SbcwGJfH