"Andy Cuffe" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:24:23 GMT, "James Sweet"
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Actually 40W tubes are legal at the moment, but only in the premium
phosphors, not the old halophosphate stuff (CW, WW, etc) though far less
efficient incandescent stuff has regulations at all thanks to the usual
beaurocratic nonsense that makes up our largely useless energy laws. The

I never did understand this law. Won't people just end up using more
bulbs to make up for their lower light output?
Andy Cuffe



Yes but since when has logic and common sense played any part in making
laws? Some "expert" probably said hey look if we require the common lamps to
be lower wattage we'll save X amount of energy overall.

The lamp makers had a part in the legislation too, by making the requirment
apply only to the standard phosphors, they could push their more expensive
premium phosphor lamps more effectively since they look that much better
next to the dim flickering energy savers.