Posted on 01/03/2012 9:33:11 AM PST by frogjerk
Beginning in 2012, common light bulbs sold in the U.S. will typically use about 25% to 80% less energy. Many bulbs meet these new standards, including incandescents, CFLs, and LEDs, and are already available for purchase today. The newer bulbs provide a wide range of choices in color and brightness, and many of them will last much longer than traditional light bulbs. The lighting standards, which phase in from 2012-2014, do not ban incandescent or any specific bulb type; they say that bulbs need to use about 25% less energy. The bipartisan Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) established these efficiency standards.
I thought it was repealed?
Nope. Not repealed. The law is still in effect.
In the current budget bill Congress did cut off money to the Energy Department to enforce the law.
But that would only stop the federal government from spending money to enforce the ban on manufacturing and selling new 100 watt incandescents until the next budget is passed.
The effort is meaningless; too little too late. Because the manufacturing plants have already shut down production of the 100 watt bulb. And they certainly won't go through the expense of restarting production with the law still in effect.
The bans started this month with the 100-watt bulbs. Then in 2013 the 75-watt bulb will be banned, and in 2014 the 40 and 60 watt bulbs are banned.
LOL See, if you were still there they would have the color of the lighting and the dimmable right, by now.
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If you are changing a bulb in an 18 ft ceiling without the proper equipment and are seriously injured whose fault is that?
If I stand on the very tippy-top of this 12 foot ladder I can just reach the fixture...
That doesn’t sound safe at all.
Wow - What a relief!
That's only 36 tiimes as much per bulb as the incandescents I just bought!
Let's see - we have about 60 incandescents around the place so I can swap them out for only $9.00 each, plus shipping.
We stayed in a house in southeastern Colorado for two weeks during the holidays. All their bulbs were those ridiculous screw tail ones. Lighting was worse than horrible. Had I known I would have taken some from my stash and replaced them all. Did take my own salt shaker for which I was thankful.
If I stand on the very tippy-top of this 12 foot ladder I can just reach the fixture...
I have a device with a suction-type cup at the end and can stand flat footed on my floor to change the bulbs.
Probably still would be if National’s new VP hadn’t bought an LED facility in Latham NY, because National needed an LED facility.
The idjit didn’t check to find out that National had a perfectly good one in Hawthorne CA.
The “only” solution?
Shut down the Hawthorne facility, which was running quite well, thankyouverymuch, and move operations to NY where the operations were so poor the owners dumped it rather than try to fix it.
Nahh, I’ll be fine, besides it would cost us $50 to have a pro change a friggin’ light bulb. $50??? I don’t think so!
Too bad it doesn't work on them there spiral fluorescents...
So very true Andy... so very true!
LLS
God meant for curley cues to be confined to french fries and little pigs tails - not light bulbs. I will go back to candles before I ever put a spiral-type light bulb anyplace in my home.
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