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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My dad built a root cellar. Doubles as a bomb shelter.
oh great....another item for organized crime to smuggle.
1. Duty-free smokes
2. Old-style toilets
3. non-green lightbulbs
Smuggling isn’t really an option. They’ll stop manufacturing most filament light bulbs in 2012.
They haven’t used floodlights in LA for over 30 years.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Isaiah 5:20, KJV
It was established on a similar thread that incandescent bulbs have essentially unlimited storage life if kept in a dry location to prevent corrosion of the base. So if you’ve got the room for storage, you’re good to go.
I just replaced my fourth “long life” mercury laden bulb in my chandalier over the table. They just stop working. You can tap them for a while to get them to come back on, but soon they peter out.
It’s the environmental-industrial-government complex, not the military industrial complex, Ike.
Yes, CA is run by the _____ idiots, just like you described.
They’re absolutely clueless, just like the _____ idiots that continue to reelect the same ______ idiots.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Isaiah 5:20, KJV
I can see it now, red necks mfg illegal light bulbs up in the hills, hidden in their legal marijuana fields.....
They’re not halogen as far as I know. Those twisty bulbs are toxic. They are the ones we must use.
Still, I’m hoarding.
May this go the way of prohibition.
Let there be darkness, and there was darkness!
GE was behind the push to ban them. Who makes half the bulbs you see on the shelf?
That’s helpful. I bought 8 today. :)
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