Incandescent light bulb BAN goes into effect next week

[combo52]

I found another box of incandescent lightbulbs

At the warehouse wall doing some cleaning and rearranging.

I’ve already thrown away hundreds of incandescent lightbulbs but these got tossed as well.

I think the government should offer a bounty of $.50 apiece for people to turn in this junk.

 

[mattl]

Yup, I've tossed dozens, but no where near hundreds.  Kind of hurt, a lot where specialty bulbs, but the cost of use outweighed  the cost to replace as electric rates went up..

 

[wayupnorth]

I just installed a new LED 20 watt kithen ceiling fixture yesterday that replaced a '60s fluorescent fixture. Wow, that LED gives off way more light than the old one. Since both fluorescent and incandescent bulbs are now outlawed we now have no choice but more expensive LED's.

 

[good-shepherd]

LED gives off way more light than the old one.

One the things I hate about LED's, obnoxiously brighter than necessary unless you're performing surgery on the kitchen counter.

 

[tolivac]

Sometimes with the LED lamps-the DRIVER-ballast fails before the LED panels-and with smoke,sparks and BANG!!!ncandescent lamps didn't have that problem.They just go FLICKER and go out.I have some from yard sales and still use them.Pointless to throw out lamps that still work.Use them up then toss.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

There is someone like me who would love those incandescent bulbs you're choosing to garbage up into metal and broken glass--I would have taken those off your hands!

COMBO52: That looks exactly like my collection of some I have yet to use, seldom anything I have to light up with still ever burns out...

-- Dave

 

[gusherb]

I've been slowly converting fixtures to LED at home for 10 years now. I was in no rush because I want to maintain the same light quality as the prior incandescent/halogen bulbs, plus dimmers need to be changed out to LED compatible ones.

My bathroom vanity light was the latest conversion. I was previously using 6 40 watt G25 bulbs on a motion sensor which draws to the tune of 240 watts. It was enough to make the bathroom a degree or two warmer when it was on (which was a nice feature during the cold months).
I replaced them with 6 40 watt equivalent Sylvania TruWave G25 soft white bulbs which use 4.5 watts a piece so a total of 27 watts. I put them in and holy cow my bathroom was lit like the surface of the sun and I could see every pore in my face. So to counter what I would save in electricity expense, I spent $40 on a Lutron motion sensor/dimmer combo and programmed it to come on at about the same brightness as the old incandescent bulbs.

The new bulbs look great though, the color temperature is a little bit colder than the old incandescent bulbs but still a soft white, nobody would ever know the difference besides me. The dimmer ramps up and down instead of just on/off which is a nice touch.