Well, this is not new, the 100 watt and 75 watt incandescent bulbs have already been banned for awhile, but starting today, 40 watt and 60 watt incandescent bulbs will be banned.\u00a0 These will no longer be manufactured or imported into the U.S.A.\u00a0 There are some exceptions, such as appliance, fish aquarium and specialty lights, but the vast majority of lights sold are in this banned group.\u00a0 I heard on the news that the stores will be allowed to sell their inventory, so there is no rush to buy some.<\/p>\n
Of course, there will be some foolish people who go to the store and stock up on several years’ supply of these power wasting bulbs, not knowing that they are just throwing away their money.\u00a0 Each incandescent bulb uses several more times the electricity of the CFL and LED bulbs, and the consumer pays heavily for it.\u00a0 The environment also pays, with increased greenhouse gases and more fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n
I have converted almost all of my light bulbs to LED lights, and I’ve saved so much on electricity that I have been told that I’m lying when I tell people what my electric bill is.\u00a0 I haven’t yet had a LED bulb burn out (see Note).\u00a0 The ones I bought are the Philips “L Prize” LED lights.\u00a0 They were rated one of the best by Consumer Reports, good color rendition, low power – 10 watts – and high in other important criteria.\u00a0 But they were expensive, $20 (USD) each.\u00a0 Now a 60 watt replacement LED bulb can be purchased for much less, about half that price.<\/p>\n
But the thought occurred to me…\u00a0 What happens when all of the incandescent bulbs burn out and get replaced with LED light bulbs?\u00a0 They’re supposed to last for 22.8 years.\u00a0 Then suddenly the number of LED lights being sold drops to a much lower level.\u00a0 What then?<\/p>\n
I guess we’ll have to wait a few years to find out, huh?<\/p>\n
Note:\u00a0 The one Cree LED bulb I bought started flickering when I first started using it.\u00a0 But for the last few months, it has been just fine.\u00a0 Then recently it started flickering intermittently again,\u00a0 It may flicker for a few seconds, then be okay for the rest of the day.\u00a0 Or it may flicker intermittently a few times in a day.\u00a0 It’s not that much where it’s a problem, but it’s noticeable on occasion.<\/p>\n
The Cree LED light bulb died. \u00a0First failure that I’ve had of any LED light bulb (made for home lighting use).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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