Thread: incandescent light bulb phase-out in the U.S. (are flood bulbs exempt?)
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Default incandescent light bulb phase-out in the U.S. (are flood bulbs exempt?)
Not entirely clear. Some specialty bulbs are exempt.
it's not clear if outdoor flood lamps are or not.

On Sep 11, 11:59*am, wrote:
techman41973 writes:
The federal government is banning incandescent bulbs over 100 watts
this January
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-o...light_bulbs#Un...

Does anyone know for sure if flood lamp bulbs (such as PAR30) used in
outdoor light fixtures will be exempt?
I'd like to know if I need to stock up on the 120watt PAR30 flood
bulbs that are used in some outdoor motion sensitive lighting
fixtures.

The article is pretty clear, 120W is outside the range:

* The *efficiency standards will *start with *100-watt bulbs *in January
* 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in January 2014.

Also note that these are efficiency standards. *Incandescent is not banned.

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