tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post1866191515024971286..comments2023-09-03T09:52:05.654-04:00Comments on <center><a href="/#banx">Freedom Light Bulb</a></center>: California 95 Watt Bulb Update: "The Shoe is on the other Foot"Lighthousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-53941508938141728522013-03-12T12:50:39.729-04:002013-03-12T12:50:39.729-04:00Thanks Anders
You are also right about the 150W b...Thanks Anders<br /><br />You are also right about the 150W bulb issue, see <a href="http://ceolas.net/#li01inx" rel="nofollow">http://ceolas.net/#li01inx</a> USA and other regulations explainedLighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-16499197331511737692013-03-06T18:20:40.764-05:002013-03-06T18:20:40.764-05:00It's even worse than that now. They have now c...It's even worse than that now. They have now capped the maximum wattage at 72 watts.<br /><br />The new 72 watt halogen replacements claim to be "100 watt equivalent" on the packaging, but if you closely read the packaging, they only give off 1450 lumens of light. The old 100 watt regular incandescent bulbs could give off 1690 lumens. That means that these new bulbs only give off 86 percent as much light as the old ones! Just terrible.<br /><br />(150 watt bulbs are still being sold, but the law gives authority to, and directs the Secretary of Energy to ban these bulbs too if their sales double, and even if they don't they will still not be able to meet the efficiency mandate that will be phased into effect in 2020)Anders Hovelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034685190440370179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-79011878342562020522012-09-04T23:09:08.532-04:002012-09-04T23:09:08.532-04:00Thanks, yes in this case it's the manufacturer...Thanks, yes in this case it's the manufacturers following rather than trying to get round the law!<br />I acknowledged your point in changing the post accordingly.Lighthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123172670211101092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316303495378677857.post-38862597945141155492012-09-04T20:38:11.480-04:002012-09-04T20:38:11.480-04:00These wattages (38w, 57w, 71w, and 95w) have been ...These wattages (38w, 57w, 71w, and 95w) have been a requirement on soft white, inside frost and clear bulbs in California effective January 1st 2008. The ones you see on bulbs.com are just leftover stock. 95w and 100w bulbs both disappeared last year in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com