How to get around the incandescent globe ban

[keithr]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/od_nm/us_germany_heatballs

 

[Sylvia Else]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/od_nm/us_germany_heatballs

But can they meet the standards for room heaters?

Sylvia.

 

[F Murtz]

But can they meet the standards for room heaters?

Sylvia.

Probably don't have to, could be gerbil cage heaters.

 

[Joerg]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/od_nm/us_germany_heatballs

And then there are those rumors about the 99W lightbulbs from Poland to
get around the 100W ban. I don't think they were for real, but that sure
was a good one:

http://www.stromvergleich.de/img/polen-99-watt.png

 

[Sylvia Else]

For a very small room, or a room in a Darwin winter

I was thinking more about safety regulations. We know that in practice
people would be using these as light bulbs, and that they would
therefore be installed in typical light bulb type places. But if one
wants to sell them has heaters, then they have to comply with the safety
regulations concerning heaters, and they may not.

Sylvia.

 

[Mr.T]

About the only safe fittings for 100w bulbs would be naked lamp
fittings without any covering,

Nope, the plastic retaining ring on standard sockets cracks due to the heat
when used with 100W globes for any length of time. I've replaced stacks even
when using only 60W globes and a non enclosed light fitting.

or specifically deigned fittings - probably with
ceramic sockets and high temperature cables..
Therefore they could argue that the 100w bulb is indeed a heater as it
can't be used in most lighting applications.

Right.

MrT.