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| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 02, 2023, 02:29:03 am ---So the question(s): How do I get regular lights for vehicle? --- End quote --- You buy them from the same place you can buy them today. For those who are incapable of assessing any action without colouring it with their personal political biases, here are the actual rules being adopted instead of moronic hyperbole: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EERE-2021-BT-STD-0012-0022 For those unwilling to go to the effort of research, I will quote 42 U.S. Code 6291 'Definitions': --- Quote ---For purposes of this part: (1) The term “consumer product” means any article (other than an automobile, as defined in section 32901(a)(3) of title 49) of a type— --- End quote --- These regulations do not apply to automobiles and their components. |
| IdahoMan:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 03, 2023, 12:47:30 am --- --- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 02, 2023, 02:29:03 am ---So the question(s): How do I get regular lights for vehicle? --- End quote --- You buy them from the same place you can buy them today. For those who are incapable of assessing any action without colouring it with their personal political biases, here are the actual rules being adopted instead of moronic hyperbole: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EERE-2021-BT-STD-0012-0022 For those unwilling to go to the effort of research, I will quote 42 U.S. Code 6291 'Definitions': --- Quote ---For purposes of this part: (1) The term “consumer product” means any article (other than an automobile, as defined in section 32901(a)(3) of title 49) of a type— --- End quote --- These regulations do not apply to automobiles and their components. --- End quote --- Thank you so much for addressing my assuming the worst of government, or for even imagining they might not have my best interests in mind. |
| Sredni:
I remember reading, at the time of the Nobel prize for physics going to the inventors of the blue LED, that a sizable chunk of the electric energy consumption (probably 30% but even if it was 15% it would be considerable) went into domestic and commercial lighting. Switching to LEDs, with their much higher efficiency, makes sense not only from an environmental point of view, but also from an economic point of view. The technology has evolved to the point of giving a light that is much similar to the light of an incandescent bulb, but still I have to find a dimmable LED bulb that keeps that chromatic performance at low light levels. I bought the Philips with yellow phosphors that were touted as the best dimmable bulbs but when I turn down the dimmer the light is almost... grey. So, in a few rooms I still have my 100W incandescent bulbs - of which I bought quite a few before the disappeared from the local market. But there is no point in denying that LED technology is the best solution for home (and commercial, and industrial, and street) lighting. As a matter of fact it's already a few years that I have converted those 30 - 50 grain LED light used for decoration into bottle lamps powered by 5V USB chargers. I use a constant current circuit made with two BJTs and two resistor (with a pot in case I want to regulate it finely) in the same topology as that used in the Dubai lamps, and they work just fine for ambient light and as reading lamps. The only downside is that with such low consumption (20-80 mA at 5V) the phone charger is working at a very low efficiency. |
| BrianHG:
--- Quote from: Sredni on April 03, 2023, 02:10:40 am ---The technology has evolved to the point of giving a light that is much similar to the light of an incandescent bulb, but still I have to find a dimmable LED bulb that keeps that chromatic performance at low light levels. I bought the Philips with yellow phosphors that were touted as the best dimmable bulbs but when I turn down the dimmer the light is almost... grey. So, in a few rooms I still have my 100W incandescent bulbs - of which I bought quite a few before the disappeared from the local market. But there is no point in denying that LED technology is the best solution for home (and commercial, and industrial, and street) lighting. --- End quote --- Google - warm dimming led lights EG: https://www.usa.lighting.philips.com/consumer/choose-a-bulb/warm-glow-dimmable-led-lighting A few brands now make them. They simulate the color temperature change as if you were dimming a tungsten light bulb. |
| Nusa:
--- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 03, 2023, 01:39:14 am --- --- Quote from: Monkeh on April 03, 2023, 12:47:30 am --- --- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 02, 2023, 02:29:03 am ---So the question(s): How do I get regular lights for vehicle? --- End quote --- You buy them from the same place you can buy them today. For those who are incapable of assessing any action without colouring it with their personal political biases, here are the actual rules being adopted instead of moronic hyperbole: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EERE-2021-BT-STD-0012-0022 For those unwilling to go to the effort of research, I will quote 42 U.S. Code 6291 'Definitions': --- Quote ---For purposes of this part: (1) The term “consumer product” means any article (other than an automobile, as defined in section 32901(a)(3) of title 49) of a type— --- End quote --- These regulations do not apply to automobiles and their components. --- End quote --- Thank you so much for addressing my assuming the worst of government, or for even imagining they might not have my best interests in mind. --- End quote --- Thank you for a silly April Fools joke. Either you intended it, or you played it on yourself by posted on April 1st. Either way, a good joke! |
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