03-31-2008, 12:49 PM
You're picking a fight over inefficient light bulbs. :rolleyes:
Do you really think that's efficient? At best, if a light bulb was just as efficient as your heater at producing heat, you're still forced to use electricity - which was already converted from a source once at the power plant, so you're just hiding your own inefficiency by pawning it off on someone else.
Anyway, they did not in fact ban incandescent bulbs. Only inefficient ones. Took me a bit of searching to find out what that means exactly:
There's also some exemptions besides that.
Quote:Personally, for where I live it is nonsensical. 8 months of the year it is very cold here, so what excess energy is emitted from the bulb is converted to heat.
Do you really think that's efficient? At best, if a light bulb was just as efficient as your heater at producing heat, you're still forced to use electricity - which was already converted from a source once at the power plant, so you're just hiding your own inefficiency by pawning it off on someone else.
Anyway, they did not in fact ban incandescent bulbs. Only inefficient ones. Took me a bit of searching to find out what that means exactly:
Code:
Nominal Lamp Wattage Minimum Average Lamp Efficacy (LPW)
40-50 10.5
51-66 11.0
67-85 12.5
86-115 14.0
116-155 14.5
156-205 15.0There's also some exemptions besides that.
Trade yourself in for the perfect one. No one needs to know that you feel you've been ruined!