Light Bulb Police
This reminds me. I have a business plan. I will start making 99 watt incandescent light bulbs. I need investors. Who’s with me?
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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June 8th, 2011 at 10:43 am
I’m in.
June 8th, 2011 at 10:44 am
In.
June 8th, 2011 at 10:46 am
Close the 99 watt loophole!
June 8th, 2011 at 10:48 am
Me too…
June 8th, 2011 at 11:21 am
You’d only be able to sell them for one extra year. The limits jump down to 75 watts and then 60 watts each year after 100 watt bulbs are dead.
A better plan would be to come up with a non ANSI Type A* bulb socket, bulbs to match it, and an adapter from Type A to your new type that didn’t increase the overall size.
Granted, if that caught on Congress would just ban them too.
*: Or whatever the official name is for the socket type.
June 8th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Just sell 100 watt heaters that happen to give off light.
June 8th, 2011 at 11:24 am
Alan is correct. Europe has the same sort of ban, so the bulbs are sold as 100W heat lamps.
June 8th, 2011 at 11:53 am
I’m going to need some of those for my easy bake oven.
June 8th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
I say we get rid of Congress and keep the light bulbs.
June 8th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Sound like a pain. Scratching out the number 1 on each bulb and taking a very fine sharpie and drawing a little tail on the two zeros to make them look like nines…
June 8th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I’m with ATLien
June 8th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Anyone notice there are now 57w bulbs on the market? Bought them at HDepo.
June 8th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Where do I sign up? (Evil spamtrap.)
June 8th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Maybe an adapter to plug three smaller 33 1/3 watt bulbs in where the 100 watt bulb belongs?
I remember seeing a similar deal with those crappy low flow shower heads.
June 8th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
The thing that gets me is for most of the year my furnace is going to run a little longer to make up for the heat the new lower wattage bulbs are not putting out.
Net energy savings? Roughly 0.
June 8th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Hell, man, you could go $1.99 and still sell like crazy.
June 9th, 2011 at 12:08 am
I wonder what the actual wattage is on a 100w/130volt bulb that is running on 108-115v?
June 9th, 2011 at 12:38 am
Already been done – my local Home Depot has 98 watt bulbs already in stock. But as mentioned, only for one more year.
I have several years’ worth cached away.
Stupid law.
June 9th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
A commenter on another site suggested when I mentioned your idea, “Make it 101 watts and call it a +1.”