America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    They generate lots less heat that an equivalent incandescent bulb. It’s most likely the dirty power problem you’ve described.

    • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      They do. But incandescent bulbs don’t have circuitry prone to heating failures. It’s just a filament.

      So it’s not an equivalency thing.