Lightbulbs

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For those in the EU...


http://www.ryness.co.uk/goodbye/

“Shining light on an EU cover up”

It has already been reported that the old 100w light bulb is set to be phased out this September in the EU.

What has not been reported is that this does not just apply to a clear 100w bulb. All non-clear, e.g. pearl or frosted bulbs of 15w, 25w, 40w, 60w, 75w and 100w are ALSO to be banned from September 09. This is regardless of shape, so all other bulb types will start to vanish – e.g. candles, or balls, which many people have in their homes.

Initially, the phase out of bulbs was described as a voluntary decision by UK retailers. However, the truth of the matter is that the manufacturers have been told to stop producing these bulbs in the EU. This means that many retailers who are still selling old fashioned bulbs will not be able to get stock very soon – hardly voluntary.

In fact the big manufacturers (GE, Osram, Philips and Sylvania) are all ceasing production well before the September cut off date.

Ryness Electrical has been selling bulbs for over 40 years in London and cannot believe that the general public has not been made fully aware of this situation.

Ryness is working hard to ensure that a replacement version of all these bulbs is in stock for September but at the moment the energy efficient models are not producing the light quality and start up speed that customers want.

Download the Ryness Press Release

Don't know how this will effect the pet trade - guess/hope that this is just for home use and the pet trade will be able to carry on with it's purpose built bulbs that need to give off heat....

This could pose a problem with temps for me if it's a total ban, where i am in the UK it's rarely over 20Celcuis in summer and can be -5's in winter on some days... My house is kept quite warm but when heating is on my Humidity in the house drop to 1-2%!

looks like i'm covering my Viv in heat mats then