Bulb Ban

Jul 28, 2023 Last reply: 2 years ago 9 Replies

No more incandescents.

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I might well have incandescents in my house that are over 30 years old. They get used so little that I'll be buried before they are.


OK by me. I'd never go back to incans. I switched over time in my last house and in 4 1/2 years here, every bulb was already LED. Never had to replace one yet. With dimmers, no reason to have those 3-way that usually ended up as 2-way after a short time.

"There are some bulbs exempt from this ban. The ban currently only applies to bulbs that have suitable LED counterparts. Exempt bulbs are specialty bulbs with specific applications, like heat lamps, appliances, grow lamps, etc. "

How many LED oven bulbs can you find?

I have several older than that. Do not know how LED's hold up to continuous moderate use like in a bathroom. I have had CFL's fail after a few months, figuring that short periods on and off wear out the electronics with thermal shocks.

My house, built in 2019, came with all LED lights and I've had to replace about

15 bulbs so far, which sounds like a lot, but replacements aren't expensive and I'm happy with the color temperatures that are available* and of course I'm happy with the much lower power requirements. I'd never go back to incandescents. *Incandescents seem to be about 2300K, which is far too yellow for the two of us. We greatly prefer about 4000K for most rooms.

Tastes vary. I like the yellow light from incandescents, and the fact that they put out a range of spectra. I still have some candlebra-base incandescents for the sconces in the bedroom. When my supply of replacements is gone, I'll switch to LEDs.

I also like the light from halogens; I have some in the home office and in the bathroom.

Incandescents cause global warming. Gas cooking appliances cause global warming. ICE powered SUVs cause global warming.

A true-blue Detroit liberal would go all electric.

Skids?

Are you sure those do not cause racism? For instance

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Light bulbs are not the only thing being affected by the "anointed". There are washing machines, stoves, air conditioners, cars, yada, yada, yada.

We need to get these control freaks out of our life. We need t0 put Trofim Lysenko back in his grave where he belongs.

Can't beat a full spectrum led - cri over 85 in a daylight bulb is not uncommon with good leds

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