kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Is this because of ,,,,,
1. Energy usage?
2. More modern technology being available?
3. The use of lights requiring a male and a female fitting are politically incorrect?
#2 and #3, no.
#1, sort of..
Long answer, see
HEREShort answer..
In the US it comes from EISA –– the Energy Independence and Security Act which was enacted under GW Bush.
It was sold as a way to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources up front, but in reality it was nothing more than following green ideals and tree huggers (Sierra club?) and not to mention European countries.
Essentially banning (although they don't like the word banning as you can see in that link) all bulbs which do not meet a certain energy consumption criteria..
How they get around the word "banned" was they mandated that the manufacturer of said bulbs would have to cease on a certain date, but all manufactured stock could be sold until it runs out.
In that same legislation it also affected many types of fluorescent lights which were deemed not energy efficient enough (common T12 size) which also happened to use the most amount of Mercury. Outdoor Mercury Vapor lights became victims also..
The only exception was certain "specialty" bulbs like small appliance bulbs (oven for example) could still be made since you cannot get CFLs OR LED bulbs to work in an oven (FDA might have had a field day with a mercury or heavy metals/chemicals like LED containing bulb in a oven).
Not banned is Halogen capsule bulbs as they just meet the requirements.. But they often have a short life span since the filaments burn at a much higher temp.
