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.

  • lazyslacker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    For what it’s worth I’ve had one of those integrated overhead fixtures in my kitchen for about 6 years. It hasn’t failed yet. The overall shape of the fixture which we like also wouldn’t be possible if the bulbs were replaceable.

    • xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The light fixture in my apartment started flickering and not turning on all the way, and it was only a few years old (On a dimmer switch, the dimmer-compatible driver in the fixture died). I couldn’t even fix it myself because it’s hardwired and my landlord wouldn’t be happy with me playing electrician. So I was stuck with no light in that room for weeks until the landlord got it replaced.

      Not to mention I couldn’t change the color temperature to match the rest of my lights, which drove me nuts.

    • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      OK, and? LEDs typically last way longer than 6 years, but it’s still going to be a pain to replace when it does fail.

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      They’re not all bad, there are many bad ones though and the light bulb form factor is better for repairability (but there are bad LED bulbs too).

      • lazyslacker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Well actually I’ve got one in my laundry room too and that one hasn’t failed either so it’s really a sample size of two. But either way if you don’t like it that’s why I said for what it’s worth.