Initially, yes.
From September 2010, it will be from 75W upwards, from September 2011 it will include everything from 60W upwards, etc.
Altogether there are 6 stages, although I think every size commonly available will be covered by stage 4 (1 September 2012).
There are low wattage bulbs available now that work with dimmers.
Nominal 234v, +- 5% which covers 220 to 250v
Steve Terry
You are.
By Sep 2012 new technology LED lamps should be in full production
Steve Terry
We are 50m from a substation & get 252 on average.
I see 241V here, which is fairly typical. I think the substation is about 150m away.
100m and 240 to 242v
As far as car running lights go, they are rubbish. Look at the angle of view they disapear at on a Mercedes. It is very narrow.
This begs the question of 'why did car manufacturers change indicator light covers from amber to clear and put an amber coated bulb in there, that can't be seen in bright sunlight?'
The same goes for traffic lights. There is a traffic light controlled roundabout near here and if you are in the R/H lane, you can not see the colour of the light until the last minute, because of the angle the lights are presented to the driver. (You can't see the stop lines until the last minute either, because of the contour of the road.)
Dave
Others have already pointed out that this is not accurate.
But in any case you can still buy the 30%-less-power halogen bulbs in the traditional format. I can't see any reason not to use them.
I think it's still legal to import any light bulbs for applications where there is no alternative, but I don't have the relevant document to hand.
-- Richard
Cos it looks cool?
US car manufacturers have spent millions trying to ensure that V8s continue to sound like V8s when they're only running on four cylinders.
that's just 3 years but I'd like your optimism to be true!
Next door to the substation and 232V
I have a large number of 100W in stock.
The whole thing is outrageous. Even if you accept the connection between your choice of light bulb and global warming, how come the Government lets people make their own decision about, say, air travel, but not about their choice of light bulb? It isn't as if the alternatives were exact replacements.
Bill
and completely pointless as LEDs will take over within 5 years, so those millions of replacement low energy florescent bulbs will get junked too
Steve Terry
That would be to slow you down. You have to slow down to see if its ok to go.
The alternatives to flying (car, train, buses, ships) all create more pollution than flying. They don't want you to use an alternative they just want you to pay more tax.
Is it so that the amber light cover doesn't compete with the paint colour? That's important, you know. Also so that when the coating eventually flakes off and the car fails its MOT test, there's further income from a replacement bulb.
Additionally, why do some car manufacturers (Land Rover, VW, Skoda, please take note) think it's a good idea to surround an indicator lamp with a brake lamp? I suspect it's so that the indicator is almost invisible when (as seems to be the fashion nowadays) people signal long after they've started braking. More profit from replacement bumpers, body panels, etc?
How does it do that then? - or is it a nominal 5% as well?
Richard Tobin posted
Do they fit in existing bulb fittings, and are they the same price?
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