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It’s not super extreme for those that haven’t read the article. Technically it bans everything less efficient than 45 lumens per watt if it’s over 310 lumens. This typically translates to most “60W” bulbs and up.
This means a lot of appliance bulbs, small candelabra fixture bulbs, and things like lava lamp bulbs that need the heat to function are going to stick around for the foreseeable future.
Im glad this is happening now since LED tech at this point looks better than incandescent if you spend enough (like $3 bulb). If this happened 5 years ago like planned it would have been a small disaster.
For some reason LED bulbs in my condo start flickering and die after only a few months of use. No idea why, but I actually switched back to incandescent because throwing away so many LED bulbs is more inefficient than running higher power bulbs.
All of the cheaper brand of Lowe's and Home Depot LEDs are absolutely terrible about this. In my experience. They work for a couple months and then flicker and die.
Which really sucks because the cheaper LEDs are still more expensive and don't last as long as the equivalent incandescent bulbs
Yeah, my local store is only carrying Noma LED bulbs, and they crap out on me so fast. Super annoying.