Posted on 01/01/2011 6:48:26 PM PST by SmithL
Californians can start saying goodbye to traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulbs now that the state has become the first in the country to require a new standard for the screw-base bulbs.
Experts say the new rules, which took effect New Year's Day, will save residents money and energy. California is already the nation's leader in energy efficiency standards.
As of Saturday, what used to be a 100-watt light bulb manufactured and sold in California will have to use 72 watts or less. The 72-watt replacement bulb, also called an energy saving halogen light, will provide the same amount of light, called lumens, for lower energy cost.
Similar new standards for traditional 75-watt, 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will go into effect in California over the next few years, with wattages reduced to 53, 43 and 29 respectively.
The new rule does not ban incandescent light bulbs; it just requires those bulbs to be 25 to 30 percent more efficient. And it only affects incandescent light bulbs manufactured after 2011, not light bulbs already in use or on store shelves.
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I agree, they will get better.
Psst. Slip me a palette of contraband, buddy. ;]
They’ll build a clandestine lightbulb factory in the mountains of Peru and have natives manufacture them. Imagine when the EPA gets its own air corps of F-16’s and conducts sorties on lightbulb plants.
That has been my experience, and I enjoy paying around one-third the cost of equivalent incandescent illumination.
I also replaced my worn-out top-loading washing machine with a high efficiency front-loader, and I used 19 dollars worth of soap and a LOT less hot water in the two years since (for the two of us).
Nothing wrong with cost efficiency, unless the gov't "invents" it, and they did not in these two cases.
We go to Cabela’s in Reno from time to time. We’ll just hit a Wal-Mart or Home Depot and stock up each time. Those lower watt bulbs DO NOT put out the same amount of light. They are as dim as the bastards who come up with these lunacies.
They do get very hot.
We recently put in under-cabinet lighting in our kitchen, and I did tons of research trying to find the best lighting, and I found many people talking about how scary-hot their halogens were, and one person who had them inside her cabinets had them start actually on fire. We have some halogen recessed lighting over our breakfast bar, and they do get quite warm.
We got the fluorescents for under the cabs, but I am not impressed with the sickly glow of them. I cannot have a lot of fluorescent lighting, as it gives me horrendous headaches after a while. And my contact lenses absolutely HATE fluorescent lighting. My eyes look like their bleeding.
I am waiting for the LEDs to be perfected. They give off such a pure, bright light—when they work properly.
Until then, I am hoarding the incandescents. Up yours, Green Police.
and lamps that hold more than one bulb.
Oh great. I have trouble with the bulbs I use now!
LED’S and Solar for my sailboat.
Wonder what the mercury stocks will open at on monday?.
An important observation. As one who dabbles in photography, you can easily tell that the light spectrum of various forms of lighting are different. Even without the camera, we can see the difference between a "warm white" and a "daylight" compact florescent bulb.
Measuring lumen output without a specifying color temperature range is bound to provide a misleading number. 1000 lumens from a standard incandescent bulb will appear to be a different brightness than 1000 lumens from a high-pressure sodium streetlight.
Also, some lights put out a wide spectrum of color whereas some lighting illuminates over only a narrow band of visible light. Incandescent lights are a broad spectrum light source. Although the color temperature is around 2700 degrees K, they put out light over the entire visible light band. Flourescents, on the other hand, use 3 or 4 different phosphor coatings to produce a similar visible color, but yet when viewed with a spectroscope, their output will show up as 3 or 4 distinct bands of color output. They are not a wide-spectrum source, but are multi-coated to give the visible appearance that they are.
Mercury is a naturally-occuring element. Man cannot create mercury. The amount of mercury on the earth today is the same as it's been for centuries.
Buy physical. :-)
This will end up like the “green” toilet that you have to flush 3 times to down a “load.”
People will now have to modify their light fixtures to increase the bulb receptacles from 1 to 3 just to have the same amount of light that they used to have.
The end result is that people will use even more electricity to see the same as they did before the government stepped in to save electricity.
New Novel Coming:
The Light Bulbs of Rath.
The book will trace the path of migrating light bulbs from the South West into California. Probably have to show the road blocks on the highways too.
Meanwhile while the stream of illegal immigrants continues to pour over the border, I guarantee the State of California will be able to stop every incandesent light bulb from entry.
I also have a problem with short life of the CFL's. I think everyone should return their failed bulbs to the retailer, then the MFG will get the message.
Go ahead and send them to the land fill. Won’t be anything but Mexicans here 100 years from now.
Screwbase, screwbulb - SCREWBALL!
Yes. The problem is that when they try to force it on us, some folks totally reject it. I don't want them telling me what to do. But I don't want to reject something that saves me money.
Why not just let both types of bulbs coexist and let people find what is best for them?
But that is not how "progressives" work. They want you to do what they want you to do and NOW!
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