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> The US has banned[1] the (previously) standard low temperature (~2500k) incandescent light bulbs Not true. They established minimum efficiency rules. Old 6
by mchahn 8y ago
> The US has banned[1] the (previously) standard low temperature (~2500k) incandescent light bulbs
Not true. They established minimum efficiency rules. Old 60W bulbs can meet the rules but 100W cannot. You can still buy 60W incandescent bulbs everywhere.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Light-Bulbs-Incandescent-Light-Bulbs/N-5yc1vZbmgl https://www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Light-Bulbs-Incandescen...
- ams6110 8y agoThose 60 watt bulbs are about a dollar a bulb or more. Before the new rules, you used to be able to buy them for about a fourth of that cost.
- mchahn 8y ago> you used to be able to buy them for about a fourth of that cost. The skeptic in me assumes they are taking advantage of the misconception and luring in people wanting incandescent bulbs before they run out.
- DiabloD3 8y agoThe skeptic in you would be pleased to know those "post-ban" bulbs fail much faster, and live about a quarter of the time. As much as I tried to avoid all of these new ugly light bulbs (never met a florescent that looked right, and it took me a long time to find an acceptable LED), I eventually just got rid of all incandescents and got CREE warm whites.
- p1mrx 8y agoIf a 60 watt bulb lasts 1000 hours at $0.10/kWh, that's $6 even if the bulb was free. So quadrupling the price has negligible effect on its total cost ($6.25 vs $7.00).
- njarboe 8y agoYou realize these bulbs are more efficient because they are a higher temperature. That is, more blue.