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Incandescent light bulb ban goes into effect next week
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Posted on 07/28/2023 6:39:22 AM PDT by Blue Turtle

Starting next week, Americans will only be able to purchase LED lights from retailers across the nation as an official ban on incandescent lightbulbs will go into effect. Come Tuesday, while it won’t be illegal to own incandescent light bulbs, it will be illegal for stores to sell them and companies to manufacture them.

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KEYWORDS: incandescent; lightbulbs
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1 posted on 07/28/2023 6:39:22 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: Blue Turtle

I saw this coming years ago and bought several cases (100’s) of incandescent light bulbs on clearance.


2 posted on 07/28/2023 6:41:32 AM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: fwdude

I have a small stash, just in case. I kept them when I replaced them with LED’ just in case I ever wanted a hot inefficient bulb.


3 posted on 07/28/2023 6:42:56 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: fwdude

I hoarded tons of them as well. I have to now go find more 40 watt bulbs for my living room.


4 posted on 07/28/2023 6:43:09 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Blue Turtle

What about heat lamp bulbs that everyone uses for chicken brooders?


5 posted on 07/28/2023 6:43:30 AM PDT by Pollard (The USA has political prisoners!)
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To: fwdude

hear hear!!


6 posted on 07/28/2023 6:44:33 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Blue Turtle

“LED bulbs save money in the long run because they use less energy to run and last longer.”

I have managed to burn out several LED bulbs, WELL below their advertised expected life.

If you look on the packaging, the stated usage expected is like 2 hours per day. That’s how they tout “years” of use.


7 posted on 07/28/2023 6:45:24 AM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: Blue Turtle

It’s not a good thing to be bossed around by the government, but if given a choice of LED or incandescent bulb, I will pick the LED every time.


8 posted on 07/28/2023 6:46:16 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

LED’s have improved, but they still product a very artificial quality of light, while incandescent bulbs can produce warmer light. Most people don’t care, but I notice the difference and it matters to me.


9 posted on 07/28/2023 6:48:15 AM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: Blue Turtle

At least this didn’t happen when the only alternative was CFLs, which I knew would eventually be replaced by much better LEDs, so there’s that.


10 posted on 07/28/2023 6:49:11 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Blue Turtle

everyone is forgetting the brillant, cool Obama-bulbs (mercury bulbs) that totally symbolized Liberal Progress.

poisonous, ruining anything a broken, poorly lit screwbulb touches.


11 posted on 07/28/2023 6:49:22 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: Blue Turtle

In the Soviet Union, automobiles like the Lada and Trabant were available in several different colors. This was hailed as a milestone in Soviet consumer choice.


12 posted on 07/28/2023 6:49:49 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: fwdude

This!!!!!


13 posted on 07/28/2023 6:52:48 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Blue Turtle

Next will be campfires and barbecues.


14 posted on 07/28/2023 6:53:32 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: Blue Turtle

What about appliance bulbs?

Ovens & refrigerators use INCA. bulbs made especially for them to handle temp extremes.

IIRC. LED does’t like cold. Do NOT know how they handle OVEN TEMPS.

DETAILS——DETAILS-— The Dems always miss the details.


15 posted on 07/28/2023 6:53:59 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Pollard

GOOD POINT????


16 posted on 07/28/2023 6:54:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Blue Turtle

LEDs get too hot inside light fixtures. Older homes CANNOT use the LEDs safely.

Thought this thing with the LEDs had disappeared.


17 posted on 07/28/2023 6:55:04 AM PDT by madison10
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To: fwdude

I believe in Liberty. Do what you want. But I have 100-watt equivalent LEDs installed on my porch. Each uses 24-watts. They’re supposedly good for 7 years at 8 hr.s a day and pay themselves off within a year. I’ve been running them 24/7 since 2013.

The only green I care about is in my bank.

Of course I just jinxed them so I hope they’re still sold by HomeD.


18 posted on 07/28/2023 6:55:17 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: fwdude

Price compare——MY ‘OLD’ bulbs cost me about 50 cents each-—I do not even walk down the lighting aisle, so I do NOT know how much LEDs are.


19 posted on 07/28/2023 6:55:40 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: leaning conservative; SaveFerris; PROCON
Plus, LED bulbs don't work very well in an Easy Bake Oven.


20 posted on 07/28/2023 6:55:49 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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