Why would they be in luck? Did you read the article? Just because the efficiency floor is eliminated doesn’t mean production would or even could restart.
Looks like they were only (generally) outlawed for sale in 2023. Though some states were ahead of that.
They last a long time, though, and I imagine a lot of people are still using their existing bulbs. I can't imagine doing that in CA, where our electricity is expensive, but if you're paying 6c/kWh, I suppose, may as well?
This is such a charming project! I’ve been quite taken for years by the “Christmas” decorations that spin using a candle.
I quite like these more - mainly because they could be added onto a lamp that puts off heat, and be kind of a perpetual decoration with subtle motion.
I love your “dad turbine” design, and the flying wing has some magical quality to it.
Thank you so much for sharing!
So cool, thanks for sharing.
We used to do that as children as well: a spiral cutted out of paper on top of a long skewer stuck into a potato. Felt like perpetual motion somehow.
It works if you put it on top of a radiator btw.
This feels like the delightful oddities one would stumble across on the Old Internet. Thank you for sharing!
These look fun, I'm partial to the dad turbine. Too bad (for something like this) that basically none of my lamps produce much heat these days.
You're in luck:
https://inside.lighting/news/25-06/new-bill-pushes-end-incan...
Why would they be in luck? Did you read the article? Just because the efficiency floor is eliminated doesn’t mean production would or even could restart.
Wow. That is disappointing, but not terribly surprising given the current government.
I've not found any LED bulbs that didn't put out enough heat to work.
Delightful, thank you for sharing. You have added a little bit of whimsy to the world :)
It's like an on demand do-nothing machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv6YvKPXQzk&list=RDkv6YvKPXQ...
Do people still use incandescent bulbs in America?
Looks like they were only (generally) outlawed for sale in 2023. Though some states were ahead of that.
They last a long time, though, and I imagine a lot of people are still using their existing bulbs. I can't imagine doing that in CA, where our electricity is expensive, but if you're paying 6c/kWh, I suppose, may as well?
I hope so.
Some lampshades call for a point source which LEDs struggle to replicate.