Regular bulbs are still about two bucks for a box of six.
I’ve seen no ban.
The ban is in effect. What’s not is the funding to enforce it.
Existing supply hasn’t been depleted yet but new manufacturing is very limited under FedGov regulations.
It's being phased in. 100-watts this year, 75 next, 60 after that. You can still find a few 100-watters in the stores, but after they're sold out, they won't be replaced.
It’s an incremental thing.
The first year is supposed to be 100 Watt.
Followed in later years by 75W, 60W, etc. until we’re living in the dark.
This product is in the "Rough Service" category and has a DOE exemption. They advertise right on the box a estimated 7 year lifespan.
Made in the U.S.A.
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I’ve noticed a deterioration of quality in incandescent bulbs; they can’t take any shock or vibration at all. We used to buy ‘rough service’ bulbs, but sources have dried up.
I’m liking this guy.
Maybe not, but I can't find 100W incandescents, so I'm going to try these from Rush's new sponsor.
What you won’t see right now is 100 watt bulbs...the rest will be banned later. When the supply we have on hand now in this country is all that there will be until this guy came along....100 watts were taken off the market.
The 100 watts were banned this year. I think 75 watt bulbs are banned next year and 60 watt bulbs the year after that.
Something like that
“Regular bulbs are still about two bucks for a box of six.
I’ve seen no ban.”
There aren’t any here, they have been banned. All the new bulbs come from China. They’re three times as expensive as the old ones, and are crap in terms of lighting ability and longevity. They last about three months and then go dim, and don’t work at all on a lot of fixtures.
100 w were gone at the end of the year. 75w will be gone at the end of this year. And, so on...