On Dec 30, 9:52*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"What's a heatball? According to this [inventor], it is a "small heating
device" that compensates for the loss of heat a home experiences when
conventional light bulbs are swapped for more energy efficient ones."

Regrettably, says the inventor, the HEATBALL puts out light in the visible
spectrum...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/..._big_brothers_...

That's old news...but you should know that since you started a similar
thread over a year ago.

HeyBub
Oct 16 2010, 5:49 am

Newsgroups: alt.home.repair
From: "HeyBub"
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:49:57 -0500
Local: Sat, Oct 16 2010 5:49 am
Subject: "Heatballs" - Their time has come

Heh!

[BERLIN] Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up
with a
legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs --
by
producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices"
and
selling them as "heatballs."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/...many_heatballs