The country may look a bit brighter Tuesday under a new rule banning most incandescent and halogen lightbulbs. Under an Energy Department rule put in place in April 2022, the manufacture and sale of most household incandescent and halogen bulbs is banned as of Tuesday, per Quartz. There are exceptions, however, for appliance lamps, chandelier lights, infrared lamps, colored lamps, black lights, floodlights, plant grow lights, traffic signals, and other specialty lights, per CNN Business. For most household uses, consumers will have to opt for LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs. Unlike the traditional bulbs, the modern LEDs convert electrical energy directly into light, rather than heat, and are about 75% more efficient.
A bipartisan effort to ban incandescent bulbs began under the Bush administration and was expanded under the Obama administration. President Trump later rolled back the ban, complaining that LED bulbs were too pricey and made him look “orange.” However, the Biden administration pushed ahead with the plan, and the Energy Department announced last year that common household bulbs would be required to emit at least 45 lumens (brightness) per watt as of this August. Traditional incandescent bulbs emit 12 to 18 lumens per watt, halogens emit 10 to 20 lumens per watt, and LEDs emit 75 to 110 lumens per watt, per Quartz. Though they cost up to four times as much as incandescent bulbs, LEDs also last 25 times as long—about 25,000 hours, according to Perch Energy.
You’re free to use up any household incandescent bulbs you have on hand. But manufacturers and retailers can now be fined for producing or selling them.
By allowing bureaucrats to ban shit in the first place led us down the path of stoves, fireplaces, refrigerators, gas cooking, etc.
Lethargy built that…
What about the ones produced in China. The big guy will give them a pass.
I just bought a bunch of HELLA 1156 and 1157 bulbs for my old classic cars. I’m not sure if they are part of the ban or not, but they are getting harder to find and there are tons of LED alternatives.
Show me where light bulbs are mentioned in the Constitution.
Loco..Your bugs will come pre-cooked in a box delivered by Amazon every day.So no need of a stove or refrigerator.
Think of all the mercury that was spread all over our landfills across the country because of the compact fluorescent bulbs that were forced upon us 12 years ago. At least the LEDs don’t have that.
The original LEDs were crap. I had a couple that cost $40 or more and were supposed to last a decade. They failed in a year. The new LEDs are great, and cheap.
But the market should decide not big, big brother.
Every light in my house (including exterior) and even my shop is some configuration of LED!
What’s this “colored lamps, black lights” stuff??!?!???
It’s “African-American lamps and lights” please!
I’ve converted just about everything to LED. The ones that are being made today are pretty good. I really don’t miss the days of changing incandescent bulbs every other time I turn them on.
I still have 60w incandescent bulbs in back stock.
I like light that doesn’t give everyone a gray green hue about their skin.
And yes, that was a reference to Frank Zappa’s song Camarillo Brillo for you old people. What was the album? Apostrophe I think. Sorry for the distraction.
I have an old style trouble light I hang next to the pump hydrant in the barn. I use it for the heat to keep the hydrant from freezing in winter. I tried using an electric pipe wrap. It did not do the job and was harder to install. Thanks, Joe.
Gotta keep a few incandescent bulbs around to keep hummingbird nectar from freezing in the winter. Iced over windmill blades not too reliable, damn clouds get in the way of solar panels.
We don’t have enough wind power to charge EVs and rub the lights too.
Issue #1) the LED cost 10x incandescent bulbs, not 4x.
Issue #2) the “lasts [up to] 25x as long” is a blatant lie. Damn things burn out in a little over a year on a U.S. suburban power grid.
Issue #3) the @##$_&$#! lumens/watts/temperature color varies so much brand-to-brand and and year-to-year, when one burns out in a chandelier, you replace all 5, or 6, or more to get a color match on top of hideous price per bulb.
Issue #4) light pattern sucks from LED bulbs, they are blotchy, have shadows, and a discernable “flicker” in use. If I wanted flickering lights I’d burn whale oil.
@ Nowut Ameen you may want to try a chicken coop/livestock heat lamp. They come in all sizes and prices and are safer than the trouble lights. No barn or coop fires with these lights.
Scenario #1 —
“Hey, Uncle Al, you oughta give these new LED bulbs a try. They come in different color temps and don’t make things look funny any more. Plus they’re a lot cheaper now.”
“Thanks for the tip! These are great, and I’ll use nothing but LEDs from now on.”
Scenario #2 —
“LED bulbs are now mandatory under penalty of law.”
“Get off my lawn.”
These assholes are going to blind the populace.
I have a new laptop and I have to dial down the brightness.
When I first got it my eyes went into a convulsion.
That’s the only way I can explain it.
Blue light spectrum, fucked up wavelength & frequency.
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help”
BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM, reload…
And so is the death of the light bulb powered EASY BAKE OVEN!
LED bulbs are great for people who have kids that can’t seem to learn to turn off the lights when they leave a room! It’ll save them a ton of money.
“Under an Energy Department rule…”
A goddam “rule”. Not a law. I just love our rulers, and Our Democracy, don’t you?
Jethro—
I have some 1156 and 1157 bulbs, (along with some others),
I really don’t know the value but if you know how we can get in touch, we may work something out.
Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but every LED I’ve bought has burned out faster than incandescents and much faster than halogens.
All the lamps around the house keep dying on LEDs.. I’m replacing an LED about once every 2-3 months.
I dunno, it’s probably in the name “EcoSmart.” I should know better than to buy something with smart and eco in the name. horseshit.
I have four incandescent 60W bulbs in the dining room fixture, on a dimmer switch. I run them maybe 25% to 40% intensity. I can’t remember the last time I had to change one of those bulbs. At least 20 years. I have a stash that should last me a while.
Why hasn’t MORMON PIG Harry Reid been made to
answer about his dictatorship over
American light bulbs?
There should be a FULL special counsel investigation
including an eventual
WARRANT OF EXECUTION
Fun fact… the generator (also alternator) bulb on your Beetle instrument cluster is the load that tells the generator, or alternator, to generate, or alternate. If you put an LED there, the car won’t run very long.
It’s SILLY how often this comes up.
Remember the LED traffic signals that didn’t produce enough heat to melt off the snow and ice? The green signal lamps DID melt off the snow and ice, but the red lamps didn’t. The people who never saw a stop lamp (covered in snow) disobeyed common sense, and law.
Furthermore lamps don’t mean shit. You still have to look. Just because the lamp says you can cross the street doesn’t mean you should toddle out in the path of a fucking dump truck, road tractor, motorbike, train…
Yep, try an LED lamp in your oven…
out of control bureaucracy at EPA and Energy. they are trying to ban anything developed after 1900. AC, lightbulbs, propane stoves, gas stoves, fossil fuels etc. when does it end? when do the people say Fuck off?
LEDs, like EVs are a scam. I have never had a single one of them outlast incandescent bulbs and absolutely none of them have come anywhere close to that mythical 25 year wishsong. Lucky if they even make it a year…and the only ones that survived past a year are those in closets that hardly ever get used.
To be honest, modern incandescent bulbs are not what they used to be, by any stretch. They are so poorly built that they don’t last very long, half a year, maybe. They used to last a year or year and half, at least. As a kid growing up the folks always bought bulbs from the American Council for the Blind. Man, those suckers last forever! I inherited a pair from my dad, he had put up in the hallway back in the late 60’s. They are in my laundry room, now. When I kick the bucket, my kids can fight over them in my will.
IATS
TWD