Interesting work-around regarding incandescent light bulbs.

The man who saved the lightbulb
By Jeremy A. Kaplan
Published December 16, 2013

A modern day Edison has a bright idea: a way to keep the incandescent bulb burning brightly, despite a government law set to go into effect New Year’s Day that effectively outlaws the most commonly used lightbulbs.

Most bulbs, that is. Not those made by lightbulb savior Larry Birnbaum.

“When the government decided to ban incandescent lightbulbs, they left a loophole in the law. An opening,” Birnbaum told FoxNews.com. “What that was was rough service.”

A “rough service” bulb is, in Birnbaum’s words, a bulb that can take a beating, one meant for industrial purposes -- imagine a lightbulb on a subway car, built to survive the jostling and vibrations of the daily commute. But despite their intended use, they work just like normal bulbs: Consumers can buy them and screw them into any ordinary lamp socket.
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His bulbs, called Newcandescents, began shipping in 2010 -- made in America, at a plant outside of Indianapolis by around two dozen employees.

Demand has been remarkable, Birnbaum said. After a 2012 appearance on the Rush Limbaugh show, he received $100,000 worth of orders and enough traffic to crash the website.
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More and more links:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/12/16/m...aved-lightbulb/

Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #2

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I have used rough service bulbs for decades. I think it is great that these have snuck by that rat bastard Rep Fred Uptons iron fist.

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