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Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. (www.digitaljournal.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yikes. Put a brand new LED bulb in my basement on Sunday. It was dead on Wednesday. Incandescent seems to be the only bulbs that last down there. I better stock up before the stores run dry...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds like an electrical issue with your basement's light fixture, not the bulbs. You might wanna get that looked at.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It’s right next to the AC unit and gets a lot of EMF radiation every time the blower motor kicks on. Incandescent survives all of this for a year or so. You are probably right, though. I need to get a tester and see the voltage and amperage coming out of that on a timeline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you ruled out shitty wiring?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No. For sure it's shitty wiring. It's also next to the AC unit, so had a lot of EMF radiation every time the motor kicks on. But incandescent survives all of this for a year or so, while, apparently, LED only survives 3 days.