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I resent the banning of incandescent light bulbs for a practical reason: Heat. In colder regions it's been common sense to use an incandescent light bulb to ke
by Dalewyn 3y ago
I resent the banning of incandescent light bulbs for a practical reason: Heat.
In colder regions it's been common sense to use an incandescent light bulb to keep a space heated so it's just above freezing (above 0C or 32F) during the winter months.
This is to prevent things like plumbing and sensitive machinery from breaking due to ice formation. A full blown heater is generally complete overkill and impractical for this.
Unless someone has a drop-in replacement for incandescent light bulbs for heat generation purposes, I want them back. And no, LED light bulbs do not work: LEDs don't produce significant heat.
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- mhb 3y agoSimple Deluxe 150W Reptile Heat Lamp Bulb https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-150W-Reptile-Heat/dp/B0BMKJDK3P https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-150W-Reptile-Heat/dp/B0...
- koyote 3y agoThis almost sounds like the popular xkcd around CPU overheating being a feature: https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/ Surely there are other, more reliable ways, to keep a space heated during winter months?
- Syonyk 3y ago> Surely there are other, more reliable ways, to keep a space heated during winter months? Sure, there are plenty of other ways to keep a space heated. They're all radically more expensive, and radically more failure prone, than a 60W or 100W bulb burning constantly, back when the bulb was $2 and the trouble lamp cord was $10.
- Dalewyn 3y agoAnd before anyone chimes in that "burning constantly" is a waste of electricity, most bulbs used for this purpose are behind a mechanism that opens and closes the circuit according to the ambient temperature so the bulb doesn't burn if it's warm enough.
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