Better start hoarding those 60-watt incandescents...

No worries, just pay $40 a bulb for a closet.

I just saw some basic 60W LEDS at HD that were $5, more choices now under $10. They are rapidly coming down in price. They even have LED retrofits for 6" recessed ceiling lights for $15 now.

And, it's all W Bush's fault, some how?

Hey, maybe with any luck, we can double daylight saving time, and have an extra two hours of daylight every 24 hours.

- . Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus

Todd, I bought a Cree bulb for $5. It is OK, but the glow of the bulb does not seem to be even, but the lumens seem about right for the 60w equivalent rating.

I bought some Osram daylight bulbs for $10. I happen to like the daylight color balance as it is much whiter. So far, I like them a lot, but they are only about 6 month old so I cannot really talk about longevity yet. So far, I'm happy with them and have about a dozen around the house.

The 60W (850 lumen) seems to be the sweet spot right now. They are $10 and the 75W equivalent is $20. I also have a couple of floods that I paid $25 for.

Many people mistakenly think incandescent are illegal to use, because the electric company stuck them with flourescent bulbs after doing an energy audit. I get customers who ask if there's a better solution for their kitchen recessed lights on dimmers that keep burning out. I explain that fluorescent are designed for uses where they're neither dimmed nor turned on and off frequently and that they'd be better off going back to incandescent. Then they say, "Oh, I thought those were illegal". It's amazing how much mis-information can persist in a society with an allegedly free press. :)

| 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? |

Besides the price? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. And of course it depends on how old you are. :)

Energy audit? If some people think it's illegal to use incandescents, it's likely because they are confusing the fact that it's illegal to manufacture them, import them, with using them. And I haven't seen any of those folks myself.

I get customers who ask if there's a better

I would take that to mean that they know it's illegal to manufacture the most common incandescents and you generally can't buy the most common ones anymore. And who knows which ones will be illegal next.

There may be some confusion. But most people know the govt has been banning and extending the ban on the most popular incandescent lights. I don't see anyone here worried about using ones they already have.

They are down to $5, which certainly seems affordable.

Somewhere, I remember seeing an odd-wattage bulb like that. It was meant for use in traffic lights.

BTW, most of those (traffic lights) seem to use LED arrays now. I suppose because they last longer.

Very hot, and give off unnatural yellowish light. You can get WHITE CFL and LED lights.

That's funny. The idea that government can control the amount if daylight we have.

Believe me, if it were physically possible, they would have done so years ago. And many do believe it's possible.

Not funny at all. I have over 500 hours of daylight in my savings account. I'm going to use it when I retire and can enjoy the extra time.

Not in my house. When the federal thugs first started talking about banning light bulbs I stocked up. We have pretty much a lifetime supply in the basement of 40, 60, 75, and 100 watt bulbs as well as 50/100/150 three-ways. (We also do not use low-flow toilets or shower heads.)

An unintended side effect of this is snow will accumulate on the traffic light lenses and block them from view. A friend of mine had an accident due to this when someone ran a (snow-blocked) red light.

Someone came up with a small heater, so that helps keep the snow off. Like the old filament bulbs, but costs more.

First they came for the 100 watt light bulbs. I didn't speak up; as I didn't use 100 watt light bulbs.

Then, they came for the 75 watt light bulbs. I didn't speak up; as I didn't use 75 watt light bulbs.

Then, they came for the 60 watt light bulbs. I didn't speak up; as I didn't use 60 watt light bulbs.

Then, they came for me. And there was no one left to speak up for me.

- . Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus

They will soon come door to door, looking for Jews ^h^h^h^h light bulbs. Resistance is futile.

Thank you!

Yes

They were cowards and did not get in the libs faces about it.

That will takes years and the courts are packed with libs that push their own agenda, like gay marriage. Court activists don't give a s*** about the law.

The emperor will just post another edict and we will still have Obama care

Every congress had done it. We need to get in American Pravada face about the biases reporting.

Baloney. Every time we have shut it down, Armageddon never occurred. And we never had a full shutdown, ever. That is American Pravda again.

They give in because they are cowards and they are also part of the problem. They spend like drunken sailors, just like the libs, except that drunken sailors stop spending when they run out of their own money. Cowards and hypocrites!

Sorry for venting. The republicans can be such wussies at times