Better start hoarding those 60-watt incandescents...

I saw a pile of 57 watt bulbs at a store.

Maybe in Canada, but if the US Senate passes the current spending bill, there is an amendment in it that cancels the US ban on incandescents.

This from :

"Old fashioned light bulbs still allowed: The bill blocks new energy efficient standards that would have made incandescent light bulbs obsolete. Consumers had complained about the new requirements."

On 12/12/2014 1:21 PM, Retired wrote: ...

Unfortunately, the ship has already sailed I'm afraid...it seems unlikely to me any manufacturer will pick up production from closed facilities presuming even the restriction riders do stand up (which I'd not put much faith in altho anything is theoretically possible in that regard)

some Malaysian factory will forego the possibility of selling items consumers want? BAH!

I bought a gross of 100, 60, and 40 when they started banning them, which should last my lifetime.

Paul

And those hypocrites didn't do a thing about the emperor's immigration dictate or Obama Care. They stand and tell us one thing and do another.

Or the Chinese! Bulbs with a lifespan of two weeks and that smell like cat pee when hot!

I just bought a couple of 40 and 60 watt LEDs.

I would not be surprised if _each_ of those bulbs lasts my lifetime.

Beautiful light quality and no more bulb changing. What's not to like?

No need for them. LED is far superior

not for a room or closet you rarely visit.

Good thing most of us have some CFLs that are still going strong for those uses.

True, but in the rarely visitd room the existing bulb will last for decades. I have a couple like that.

I am not going to put an expensive LED into a closet I never use when the existing bulb goes out.

I do use LEDs in places that are hard to get to for changing bulbs, and where the bulbs have a high duty cycle.

Hi Ed,

They said the same thing about CFL's. In theory it is the case, except that they packed the crappies electronics they could find on them and the bulbs (the electronics, not the bulb) would go out in the same time as an incandescent, making them a ton more expensive to run.

White LED's require heat ventilation or they will slowly stop emitting light. Design that badly to cut costs and place crappy electronics on them and I can see LED burning out in record time, also making them a ton more expensive to run.

If anyone knows of a good LED brand that does not do this, I would love to hear.

-T

Well, I've had too much experience with the ones that do behave as you state - but with the LEDs it is the LEDs that are failing, not the electronics. Crappy construction with poor heat sinking appears to be the problem, I've got 7 mr16 type bulbs on a light strip.I wewnt through at least 3 sets of 3X3 watt cree units, ans 2 sets of 4X3 watt, and 1 1/2 sets of COB type units in the last 3 years, after having halogens last over 8 years. Voltage is not the problem

When white LED's get hot they slowly stop putting out light. They still draw the same amount of current, just no light.

Without the proper heat sink, you are just wasting your money.

There is a loophole in that law that our HD exploits. 130v bulbs don't seem to be covered. Since I am getting 124v at the wall, I want 130s anyway.

It's best the led runs just slightly warm. When they are attached to a heat sink, the led die usually is hotter than the heat sink. I always look at led truck or bus stoplights. Many of them fail. They can really run too hot in the sun.

I just put up an led fixture over the sink. It's supposed to be 60 watt replacement, but lumens is on the low end just over 600. It seems ok, as the whole fixture is some kind of metal, which is just slightly warm. As long as the control circuit keeps working, I expect long life.

Greg

The era of incandescent light bulbs will soon be extinguished forever. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will start to disappear from store shelves, returning us back to the Dark Ages.

What these light bulb bans are doing is making our future generations more stupid, due to a lack of light, and thus taking away our education.

Before the electric light, people were not very intelligent. Electric lights allowed people to read books in the evening, after a hard days work, and thus, our world became educated. This is why we saw so many advancements in electronics, transportation, and even space travel during the 20th century.

Several years ago, they banned the 100w incandescent bulbs, and reading became more difficult. Next the 75w incan... bulb was banned, and people had to curtail their bed time reading, or their eyes would hurt. In 2015, the 60w and 40w incan.... bulbs will be banned, and we will once again enter the dark ages, whereas the 25w and smaller bulbs will barely exceed the illumination of the candles used in the past. Reading will cease, and the minds of Americans will stop learning. We will once again enter the age of stupidity, while eye doctors will become the most demanded professionals. Yet, students in the optic medical profession will fail their studies, not being able to do their homework after the sun sets.

Welcome back to the Dark Ages, and a Future of Stupidity !!!!