To: Mr. Jeeves
The bulbs you are seeing in Asia, will probably hit the US market in the spring of 2014.
Part of the reason these bulbs are in Europe and Asia first is apparently the base for the bulb on their lamps are easier to produce than the screw in base we have.
The first bulbs will probably be 75 or 100 W equivalent for about $10 with a fifteen year life.
They will be white light.
11 posted on
12/03/2012 9:22:30 AM PST by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: svcw
Part of the reason these bulbs are in Europe and Asia first is apparently the base for the bulb on their lamps are easier to produce than the screw in base we have. The E-type base ('Edison screw') is pretty much universal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw
16 posted on
12/03/2012 10:13:51 AM PST by
Moltke
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To: svcw
31 posted on
12/03/2012 2:29:04 PM PST by
fanfan
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