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Incandescent light bulbs gone by July 2023

By hool10

1 year ago


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    #1 1 year ago

    The U.S. Department of Energy announced that the incandescent light bulb is officially dead, and producers and sellers must begin phasing them out before a widespread ban on July 2023.

    The new standards say a lightbulb can only have a minimum energy efficiency of 45 lumens per watt. For reference, an average incandescent bulb has an efficiency of 15 lumens per watt while a halogen bulb has an efficiency of 25 lumens per watt. Light bulbs that do not meet this standard have 75 days to be phased out of production as part of the “enforcement leniency period,” as described in the Department of Energy’s Enforcement Policy Statement before widespread enforcement begins in July of next year. The Policy, which was released today, reads:

    "DOE intends to pursue violations by distributors and retailers using the same enforcement transition stages along with its discretion. However, the timeline for these entities is more gradual to allow first for the transition of existing inventory, while manufacturers, including importers, transition their production and shipments in 2022."
    https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/GSL_EnforcementPolicy_4_25_22.pdf

    #2 1 year ago

    Are pinball incandescent bulbs safe? My RFM looks bad with leds...

    #3 1 year ago
    Quoted from daveyvandy:

    Are pinball incandescent bulbs safe?

    No - they've been causing games to erupt into flames for decades!

    #4 1 year ago

    From this point on we must all use light bulbs that flicker at a rate that we can't detect with our eyeballs... but will probably give us neurological damage in the years to come.

    All in the name of reducing energy consumption!

    #5 1 year ago
    Quoted from Genjuro:

    From this point on we must all use light bulbs that flicker at a rate that we can't detect with our eyeballs... but will probably give us neurological damage in the years to come.
    All in the name of reducing energy consumption!

    Yep, not staring at a phone all day, booze, drugs, or skyrocketing healthcare costs...it's the LED lights that are gonna finally do us all in.

    #6 1 year ago
    Quoted from CrazyLevi:

    No - they've been causing games to erupt into flames for decades!

    Ok this marks the first time I ever spit something from laughing. Literally in the middle of sipping some sprite and read this and lost it. Made a mess all over.

    #7 1 year ago

    Don't fret. They will still be available from China.
    Never liked LEDs except in a very few spots.

    #8 1 year ago

    from a California source.. but presume it is pretty generally accepted:

    “General service lamp” means a lamp that has an ANSI base; is able to operate at a voltage of 12 volts or 24 volts, at or between 100 to 130 volts, at or between 220 to 240 volts, or of 277 volts for integrated lamps, or is able to operate at any voltage for nonintegrated lamps; has an initial lumen output of greater than or equal to 310 lumens (or 232 lumens for modified spectrum general service incandescent lamps) and less than or equal to 3,300 lumens; is not a light fixture; is not an LED downlight retrofit kit; and is used in general lighting applications. General service lamps include, but are not limited to, general service incandescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, general service light-emitting diode lamps, and general service organic light-emitting diode lamps. General service lamps do not include:

    (1) Appliance lamps

    (2) Black light lamps

    (3) Bug lamps

    (4) Colored lamps

    (5) G shape lamps with a diameter of 5 inches or more as defined in ANSI C79.1- 2002

    (6) General service fluorescent lamps

    (7) High intensity discharge lamps

    (8) Infrared lamps

    (9) J, JC, JCD, JCS, JCV, JCX, JD, JS, and JT shape lamps that do not have Edison screw bases

    (10) Lamps that have a wedge base or prefocus base

    (11) Left-hand thread lamps

    (12) Marine lamps

    (13) Marine signal service lamps

    (14) Mine service lamps

    (15) MR shape lamps that have a first number symbol equal to 16 (diameter equal to 2 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1-2002, operate at 12 volts, and have a lumen output greater than or equal to 800

    (16) Other fluorescent lamps

    (17) Plant light lamps

    (18) R20 short lamps

    (19) Reflector lamps that have a first number symbol less than 16 (diameter less than 2 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1-2002 and that do not have E26/E24, E26d, E26/50x39, E26/53x39, E29/28, E29/53x39, E39, E39d, EP39, or EX39 bases

    (20) S shape or G shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than or equal to 12.5 (diameter less than or equal to 1.5625 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1- 2002

    (21) Sign service lamps

    (22) Silver bowl lamps

    (23) Showcase lamps

    (24) Specialty MR lamps

    (25) T shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than or equal to 8 (diameter less than or equal to 1 inch) as defined in ANSI C79.1-2002, nominal overall length less than 12 inches and that are not compact fluorescent lamps

    (26) Traffic signal lamps

    #9 1 year ago

    I have heard this for years now, and about 5 years ago I stocked up with enough to last the rest of my life.

    I am glad I did that, because just like everything else the price was a lot lower a few years ago.

    If only I could have stocked up on pinball machines 5 years ago also.

    #10 1 year ago

    #26 -- I haven't seen an incandescent traffic signal lamp in years.
    The LED versions do have a problem in northern states. The old incandescents ran hot enough that they would melt any snow accumulated on front surface of lamp. LED bulbs do not run hot enough so many times the traffic light is obscured by snow.

    #11 1 year ago

    Land of the free!!

    At least I can still choose between boxers or briefs for the moment.

    #12 1 year ago

    Going to keep the bucket of incandescent bulbs pulled out of games over the years , going to store them and charge a fortune for them in 2023...
    Incandescent the krypto currency of the the future. I will make so much money I can buy the 32K POTC that still hasn't sold...

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