[algore]

I am looking for the actual language of the law, but I cannot find it yet.

This ban will include all incandescent and halogen bulbs.

It is quite possible that you will no longer be able to buy some headlights and tail lights for your car as well because they are incandecent.

I am stocking up on appliance/lava lamp bulbs as well as halogen bulbs for my desk lamp, maybe some car bulbs

[Ann Archy]

DISGUSTING LAW!!

[butlerweave]

Anyone’s LED bulb/bulbs blinking or flashing , going crazy after a few years of use ?

[lee martell]

“A yearslong bi-partisan effort”

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Forgot about car lights. 😒

[fruser1]

We haven’t had a free market in decades.

[TexasGator]

We went LED a few years ago. Haven’t replaced a bulb since. Has helped, along with a new AC to keep electric bill in check.

[NorthMountain]

The decision was meant to conserve energy

Baloney.

The decision was meant to decrease our freedom, and increase the scope and power of Government Almighty.

[spokeshave]

When filament light bulbs are banned....only outlaws.....

[Pajamajan]

WTF is this really about?

[traderrob6]

Just purchased 24 Packages (96) GE Bulbs for $49.98. Likely will outlive me.

[9422WMR]

Try finding a bulb for a heat lamp that’s not incandescent. Heat lamps have saved plumbing from bursting and livestock from freezing to death. Stupid democRATS just can’t leave well enough alone.
Those silly screw tail leds don’t last like they promised. I drop them off at Walmart and the box hardware stores when they go out. Strategically placed around the store at various shelf locations.

[Seruzawa]

Most people have already switched because LEDs last years longer than Edison bulbs. As usual the govt is years behind the times. Go to Home Depot and Edison bulbs are starting to get scarce. It’s financially dumb to use them.

[BenLurkin]

Out of control government is out of control.

[Carriage Hill]

Eff you both, Bush & Bidet!
My supply of incandescent bulbs will last me for many years.
Eff you both, Bush & Bidet!

[glennaro]

I understand that "specialty bulbs" such as refrigerator lights are not covered under the ban. It applies primarily to bulbs you need for reading and other modern civilization activities. Then again, perhaps it's worth the elevated level of inconvenience to PROTECT THE PLANET from human beings (i.e., virtue signalling; and there's a lot of that going around these days!)

Well, before the lights go out I'd better finish up my phrase search of the U.S. Constitution to at least have a legal reference for where "incandescent lightbulbs" are specifically included in the enumerated powers of the federal government ... likely "incandescent lightbulbs" are tacitly covered in the ever-growing "penumbra" of "promote the general welfare," a serious concern which the Founders warned of. Cheers!

[Paul R.]

Replacement halogen bulbs for auto headlights would have to be exempted. There are (or at least were until very recently) no replacement-for-incandescent-bulbs LED bulbs approved by the DOT for on-road headlight use. Yes, people mis-apply LED replacements for, say H11 bulbs, but the LEDs can’t yet give the sharp cutoff of the top of the beam and overall proper pattern that the nearly “point source” halogens can. If you get blinded by what seems to be a conventional headlight, there’s a good chance some idiot put in a LED replacement of a halogen bulb. That should only be done for off road lights.

Note that new car dedicated LED bulbs are fine and can give VERY good patterns / cutoff when properly designed. But, they don’t use the reflectors designed for halogen bulbs.

Overall, though, this ban by the Biden Admin., to eliminate incandescent & halogen bulbs, is not about safety, it is just one more example of their arrogant, top down style. And I say that as a user of MANY LED lights and bulbs.

[dkGba]

ILLEGAL, they actually passed a law to make a lightbulb ILLEGAL. But get a pass for drugs, squatting, rioting, shoplifting etc. And I suppose what ever stock is left was sent to landfill OR maybe to central location to be sent to china, who knows? 😡😡😡 Some more public warning that this was coming would have been nice- I can’t find any anywhere. Pretty soon they’ll be telling you when you can piss and when you can take a crap

[Myrddin]

Not just cars. Motorcycles too. It turns out that switching from incandescent to LED requires some modification to the wiring and power delivery to the lamps. The standard car tail lights depend on the current draw of the incandescent bulbs to load the blinker device. When a filament burns out, the typical behavior is to flash at twice the rate. The current draw from an LED substitute won't provide that behavior. I looked into LED for my Harley Fat Bob. It's not just a "bulb" swap. It is the entire housing and lens systems to properly focus the LED light emitter to make a proper "throw" in front of the bike. Headlight modulators are designed to modulate the current drive to an incandescent filament. LEDs modulate using pulse width modulation (PWM) with varying duty cycles to control the brightness. It is not a trivial swap. I suspect people who have a headlamp burn out my find their vehicles idled until they can afford a replacement (assuming said replacement even exists).

[SaveFerris]

[An effort to phase out less efficient bulbs was initiated by former President George W. Bush, whose Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007 called for household light bulbs to have “about 25% greater efficiency,” though it did not outright ban incandescent bulbs, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.]

Thanks George! Awesome job in your 2nd term in office!

[Wuli]

For energy saving reasons I spent that last number of years replacing every lightbulb, as needed, with LED bulbs. The expenses were worth it in energy savings. My house is rated every mongh by the utility company and it always ranks not just above average (lower electric usaage) but better than the “most efficient”; and I have some bulns, like porch lights, on 24/7 and some on all nite on timers. It also did not hurt that the refrigerator, dishwasher and washing machine were also replaced within the last ten years.