Re: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light bulbs...

[Guest guest]

Thanks for answering my question! )  Loni

From: emraware <emraware@...>

Subject: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light bulbs...

Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 6:10 PM

 

Yes, the curly ones are CFL's. Sometimes, they're hidden inside a normal-shaped

bulb, so it's not always easy to spot.

BTW, I think halogens have high magnetic fields.

Next best to incandescent is probably LED, although I read somewhere that even

those may not be as safe as incandescent (from EMF and vision standpoint). For

LED, there may be some w/ spectral properties that are more or less damaging, so

it's important to research to protect your eyes.

> >

> > > This evening on ABC News there was a report that the US government

> > > was phasing out incandescent light bulbs. It told of how a Sylvania

> > > plant in PA was shifting over from incandescents to bulbs that look

> > > like old bulbs but actually have mini halogen lamps inside of them.

> > > I don't know about you, but the mini flourescents make me really

> > > sick (worse than the regular sized flourescents) and I have a friend

> > > who doesn't get sick from cell phones, but gets sick from halogen

> > > lamps. It's ghastly, what goes on... Whatever happened to options?

> > > Here we have the government making all these decisions without input

> > > from consumers or taxpayers.

> > >

> > > It's like they've already decided and we're maybe starting to catch

> > > a whiff of the plan as it unfolds. Most people still don't realize

> > > the changes that are being made in the name of energy

> > > sustainability. And let us be certain, this new found green

> > > consciousness seems to care very little about the eco-systems its

> > > development is challenging. The plot thickens...

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I went to a yoga class and they had the flourescent lights and my nerves started

to tingle in my legs. Trying to do something healthy for me & I get fried. What

a shame. Loni

From: snoshoe_2 <snoshoe_2@...>

Subject: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light bulbs...

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:41 AM

 

Source for incandescants you can no longer find in the stores, like

higher wattage, heavy duty for shop, 100W with brass bases.

www.1000bulbs.com

The way I've read it, is the 100w stopped being produced start of this year, by

next year 75w, then no more of the rest.

This has been planned for several years, starting in CA. Well, it's overseas

too.

Those cfl's are awful, besides the regular fluorescent problems, they also have

a stronger emf because of the magnetic coil effect in the their shape, and they

also emit more chemicals, and the ballast can/does burn out at the end of it's

life emitting them into the air, they can catch fire, which they claim is

normal!

I haven't heard of the halogen ones that look like regulars.

I bought one led bulb to try out, as the little led lights really bother me, but

there was a marked down one. The lighting color is still rather sickly, and the

ballast on them also gets quite hot. They are quite expensive, but probably

better than the cfls, though I don't know what all is in their ballasts.

So, get your supplies in while they're still available.

~ Snoshoe

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[Guest guest]

> I went to a yoga class and they had the flourescent lights and my nerves

started to tingle in my legs. Trying

> to do something healthy for me & I get fried. What a shame. Loni

Heh, heh... my wife owns a yoga studio, and I can assure you that the lighting

in THAT studio is 100% incandescent... :-)

Marc

[Guest guest]

Oh how funny Marc! I really have heard about the benefits of yoga however I

didn't experience anything amazing since I was fried by the lights. So do you do

Yoga? 

 

Loni

From: Marc <marc@...>

Subject: Re: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light

bulbs...

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 11:03 AM

 

> I went to a yoga class and they had the flourescent lights and my nerves

started to tingle in my legs. Trying

> to do something healthy for me & I get fried. What a shame. Loni

Heh, heh... my wife owns a yoga studio, and I can assure you that the lighting

in THAT studio is 100% incandescent... :-)

Marc

[Guest guest]

> Oh how funny Marc! I really have heard about the benefits of yoga however I

didn't experience anything

> amazing since I was fried by the lights. So do you do Yoga? 

No, I'm too busy helping out with the running of the studio (on top of my

full-time job) to actually have time to DO yoga! :-)

Marc

[Guest guest]

Gotcha

From: Marc <marc@...>

Subject: Re: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light

bulbs...

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 11:21 AM

 

> Oh how funny Marc! I really have heard about the benefits of yoga however I

didn't experience anything

> amazing since I was fried by the lights. So do you do Yoga? 

No, I'm too busy helping out with the running of the studio (on top of my

full-time job) to actually have time to DO yoga! :-)

Marc

[Guest guest]

> The way I've read it, is the 100w stopped being produced start of this year,

by next year 75w,

> then no more of the rest.

The way I've read it, there are many incandescents bulbs that are exempt from

the ban...

reflector bulbs, rough service, " plant lights " , candelabra/torpedo bulbs, etc.

These exempt

bulbs are already the ones I'm buying for the most part.

And I don't see a problem with the halogen/incandescent bulbs. These are

essentially

the same as incandescents with a different gas inside the enclosure. Also

probably exempt

from the ban.

So maybe I could see a need to stock up on some plain 100w / 75w bulbs, but I

could

probably find LED or halogen/incandescent bulbs to replace those.

Marc

[Guest guest]

So you do not see a need to stock up on 40 or 60 watt bulbs?  Loni

From: Marc <marc@...>

Subject: Re: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light

bulbs...

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 11:31 AM

 

> The way I've read it, is the 100w stopped being produced start of this year,

by next year 75w,

> then no more of the rest.

The way I've read it, there are many incandescents bulbs that are exempt from

the ban...

reflector bulbs, rough service, " plant lights " , candelabra/torpedo bulbs, etc.

These exempt

bulbs are already the ones I'm buying for the most part.

And I don't see a problem with the halogen/incandescent bulbs. These are

essentially

the same as incandescents with a different gas inside the enclosure. Also

probably exempt

from the ban.

So maybe I could see a need to stock up on some plain 100w / 75w bulbs, but I

could

probably find LED or halogen/incandescent bulbs to replace those.

Marc

[Guest guest]

> So you do not see a need to stock up on 40 or 60 watt bulbs?  Loni

It seems like we are still a few years away from needing to stock up

on 40 or 60 watt bulbs... and maybe by then we'll have found an

acceptable LED alternative?

Also, I think 3-way incandescent bulbs are exempt from the ban, so

you could use those instead of 75 or 100 watt bulbs....

Marc

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sno,

 

Can I call you " Sno " for short?  That follow-up article was hopeful.  In

response to Marc's reply, what are the exceptions in the case of

incandescents?  Do you mean stocking up on them?

 PAm

From: snoshoe_2 <snoshoe_2@...>

Subject: Re: US Government is phasing out incandescent light bulbs...

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 10:56 AM

 

Also there is some Congressional action to stop the ban, but you can't count on

that, since some idiots put it into place in the first place.

http://www.naturalnews.com/031070_incandescent_lights_2012.html#ixzz1Bq1ii6vu

~ Snoshoe