MERCURY POISONING THREAT broght to every home by the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF.
Be sure to thank the Democrats and the Kenyan Turd .... PROPERLY.
Posted on 12/14/2013 5:04:40 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Light bulb manufacturers will cease making traditional 40 and 60-watt light bulbs -- the most popular in the country -- at the start of 2014. This comes after the controversial phasing out of incandescent 75 and 100-watt light bulbs at the beginning of 2013. In their place will be halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs, LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents -- which are just regular incandescents that have the filament wrapped in gas. All are significantly more expensive than traditional light bulbs, but offer significant energy and costs savings over the long run. (Some specialty incandescents -- such as three-way bulbs -- will still be available.)
The end of old light bulbs will likely anger some consumers that are already faced with higher prices for a variety of goods. But it will also tick off tea party activists since the ban is the result of the final phase of government-mandated efficiency standards.
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I remember putting a 100 watt bulb in one of those light bulb holders with a hook and laying it inside my car hood when the temps were really cold. That kept the engine warm enough to start up, which it did not do without the heat from that bulb. Guess I couldn’t do that with these new bulbs.
I had a dear friend that had a photosensitivity disorder where certain lighting conditions would cause her to have seizures... It was rough... just going for a drive with the sun flickering through the trees would set it off.
One time I took her over to see where I used to live and I totally forgot that my former roommate thought he was so environmentally conscientious by putting CFLs in every single fixture in the house. This is the same dude who routinely would fall asleep on Friday nights with every lightbulb and TV in the house going... along with a McIntosh 240 tube amp playing away...
She could not be near the light of CFLs... and I understand it because the light they give off makes my stomach turn and I don’t have any sort of siezure disorder. LED Christmas lights bother me as well because I can discern the 60 Hertz flicker... especially when travellinging in a vehicle past them.
Oh and the newfangled blue LED lights used on lightbars or car cars are disorienting... I believe that is by design, like those “puke lights” they have for crowd control.
Anyways... I refuse to use CFLs. I will sooner use an old kerosene railroad lantern to read by.
I never liked the CFL’s but the LEDs are awesome and pull a lot less current.
Regardless of whether it should be regulated, probably shouldn’t, it is the direction as a consumer I am headed in anyway.
The light has greatly improved on them, but they still don’t last as long as advertised.
Yes. Which is exactly why I buy 25W tubular incandescent bulbs to both light and heat my lizards’ terraria. What are the herpkeepers supposed to do after this ban? Be forced to buy the very expensive “dedicated” heat bulbs offered by reptile supply companies? I will be buying up all the 25W tubular bulbs I can find now for the future.
I have been stockpiling.
Sorry. I posted “CFC” should have been “CFL.”
(I still haven’t gotten over the way they screwed with my asthma inhaler.)
This is exactly the “workaround” being used... sell them as “specialty heating elements”... and there you be.
The incandescent light bulbs I use are for my outside buildings. Who cares if they give off heat. They are there to light the night.
yes but each bulb is ridiculously expensive. That is a lot of cost invested in a single bulb that can fry the next time there is a voltage surge.
I figured they would not last as long as advertised. I know the curly mercury bulbs they replaced were supposed to last three times longer than they made it. Only 2 out of the 5 were still working in the garage.
I am not a fan of the mercury bulb (don’t know anyone who is) but I like LED technology and they were not as expensive as I thought they would be. We have about 50 recessed lights in the house and I am considering going LED with those.
I know some dim bulbs in DC I would like to replace.
Thanks. However I go there and see the cost is $3.89 for one 75w bulb. Good grief.
Already been done. ---> Heat Balls.
Bookmarked and thank you!
8 bucks a pop for the 60w Lowes brand. The low wattage newfangled Gorebulbs I had put in the garage 3 1/2 years ago were supposed to last much longer than they did. Those were super expensive - I think I paid 24.99 each for those.
Be wary if you decide to stock up. When California made 100W. bulbs illegal to sell a couple of years ago I went on-line and found a supplier for the 100W. globe bulbs our fixtures are designed for.
What I received are marked 100W. but they don’t put out nearly as many lumens of light as the ones I’d been using (1,600 lumens.) They’re roughly equivalent to 60W. bulbs (800 lumens.)
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