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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When the corkscrew bulbs burn out they tend to melt near the base. I’ve seen some that started to turn brown. Anyone else noticed this? It looks like a fire hazard.
“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. “
Good, we can all go blind too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2648077/posts?q=1&;page=51#82
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2648077/posts?q=1&;page=51#78
Socialism always ends with the people starving and shivering in fear in the dark.
They’re just trying to speed up the process.
Oh-oh... I would't have one in an eating area. I have had a couple CFLs explode. One in the bedroom, one in the family room. A lot of work went into cleaning up. Now I won't have them in the living areas.
I hear the pig tail light bulb is loaded with mercury. Good tuna food eh?
The CFL is probably listed as "100 Watt equivalent". The manufacturers advertise that CFLs are about 4 times as efficient so a 23 watt CFL is "equal" to a 100 watt incandescent. From what I have seen a 3x multiplier is more accurate, so you would need a 33 watt CFL to match a 100 watt incandescent. If your CFL actually used 100 watts of electricity it would be an immensely bright bulb.
I've already started.
Isn't it a shame that we Americans' choices of goods that we purchase are so rapidly constricting?
That is the absolute truth! I have the same sort of setup. The CFL absolutely SUX. Claims to have the same output as a comparable incandescent bulb but clearly doesn't. I just had to try one... should have spent the money on beer..
I have a ton of 65W PARs in 6” can downlights in a basement game room. 17 or 20 of them.
They don’t run any hours. Maybe 250 hours a year. Maybe.
If you run the numbers on energy costs vs. capital investment on dimmable fluorescents vs. old-school incandescents, the incandescents win every time. LEDs are even worse. If they ran a lot of hours every year, it might be a reasonable investment to buy higher-efficiency lighting, but they don’t.
Again, as in your case, screw you very much, FedGov, for attempting to make this decision for me in coming years.
You are referring to CFL's. CFL's are not halogens. Apples and oranges.
Halogens are the subject of this thread, but I'm not going to correct everyone who has the misconception. I'd be here all evening.
I’ve still got a $hitload of freon R-12 for the old automotive a/c systems. I loaded up on cases of the stuff @ Sam’s Club back in the 90s.
I should probably think about black marketing the stuff off.
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.
Yeah they do. I just can’t see as well when using them.
Yep. The halogen bulbs are superior in every way to regular incandescent bulbs, and far superior to CFL’s. They do cost more, though.
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