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Incandescent bulbs are used for other things than light. Like heating sometimes. Specific applications but I wonder if you'll still be able to get them?

goalieca 4y ago
I live somewhere that snow on traffic lights can be a problem. Same with headlights and tail lights.
blakesterz 4y ago
Someone is, or at least was, doing just this. Selling them as "heaters": https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1351242/selling-incandescent-light-bulbs-as-heating-devices https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1351242/selling-inc...
gtk40 4y ago
We have a pet tortoise that we use incandescent flood bulbs to heat and provide light. The only consistent place we can find them is at a small mom and pop hardware store (similar to the reference in the article). I just checked our supply and they have a weird import sticker and have text in multiple languages.
- roflyear 4y ago
  Haha, well makes sense I guess!
dghughes 4y ago
Easybake toy ovens used incandescent bulbs to bake brownies.
dboreham 4y ago
You can still buy the "IR" red light bulbs. Search under chicken heating. Also there are "non-bulb" things now that fit into a light bulb socket but are just resistive heaters. Also search under chicken coop supplies.
alden5 4y ago
one application where led's won't work at all is oven lights. Nobody makes an led oven light because they're required to withstand really high temperatures, glass enclosed incandescents can handle the heat just fine while led's just melt.
karolist 4y ago
ISKRA [1] in Ukraine still makes incandescent lights and there are places in EU that import them, but they have to be labeled as for non-home use only (factories, manufacturing etc.), but you can still buy them. 100w E27 light is around 50c. EU banned incandescent lights like a decade ago, but I still have some spot halogens in the kitchen and corridor and remember my small desk lamp with a 40w bulb that I've read so many books with. Something really feels off with LEDs and I can't put my finger on it, maybe it's the CRI, maybe the shadows, maybe the lack of heat that is cozy in the winter. Philips Hue are passable and convenient but very expensive in comparison and I still miss the feeling of making some tea and flicking on my incandescent desk lamp to read a book after school. 1. http://iskra.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:2011-03-29-14-37-53&catid=37 http://iskra.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...

goalieca 4y ago

I live somewhere that snow on traffic lights can be a problem. Same with headlights and tail lights.

blakesterz 4y ago

Someone is, or at least was, doing just this. Selling them as "heaters": https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1351242/selling-incandescent-light-bulbs-as-heating-devices https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1351242/selling-inc...

gtk40 4y ago

We have a pet tortoise that we use incandescent flood bulbs to heat and provide light. The only consistent place we can find them is at a small mom and pop hardware store (similar to the reference in the article). I just checked our supply and they have a weird import sticker and have text in multiple languages.

roflyear 4y ago
Haha, well makes sense I guess!

dghughes 4y ago

Easybake toy ovens used incandescent bulbs to bake brownies.

dboreham 4y ago

You can still buy the "IR" red light bulbs. Search under chicken heating. Also there are "non-bulb" things now that fit into a light bulb socket but are just resistive heaters. Also search under chicken coop supplies.

alden5 4y ago

one application where led's won't work at all is oven lights. Nobody makes an led oven light because they're required to withstand really high temperatures, glass enclosed incandescents can handle the heat just fine while led's just melt.

karolist 4y ago

ISKRA [1] in Ukraine still makes incandescent lights and there are places in EU that import them, but they have to be labeled as for non-home use only (factories, manufacturing etc.), but you can still buy them. 100w E27 light is around 50c. EU banned incandescent lights like a decade ago, but I still have some spot halogens in the kitchen and corridor and remember my small desk lamp with a 40w bulb that I've read so many books with. Something really feels off with LEDs and I can't put my finger on it, maybe it's the CRI, maybe the shadows, maybe the lack of heat that is cozy in the winter. Philips Hue are passable and convenient but very expensive in comparison and I still miss the feeling of making some tea and flicking on my incandescent desk lamp to read a book after school. 1. http://iskra.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:2011-03-29-14-37-53&catid=37 http://iskra.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...