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[manualman at juno.com]

Maybe you should read this to get the full story on CA's incandescent
lamp new standards.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/lightbulbs/lightbulb_faqs.html

#44 and #47 lamps are sold in packs of two at Radio Shack. I just bought
some there last week.

Pete, wa2cwa
I also trim posts.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:23:06 -0500 "Sandy" <ebjr37 at charter.net> writes:
> Speaking of lamps!  Doesn't EVERYONE know?  California and all the 
> "Greenies" have BANNED the incandescent lamp!!  It is inefficient 
> and wastes 
> precious energy!  It is old, and obsolete, and absolutely MUST be 
> replaced 
> to save "earth" and our environment!  (Yes, I AM sarcastic!  Because 
> it is 
> [the old Edison lamp] indeed not as efficient.)  Eventually as LED 
> technology improves even more the incandescent bulb will be 
> superceded....WHAT IS THE BIG PANIC and RUSH?  That rush to BAN it 
> is very 
> stupid and "Chicken Little" thinking.  There are NO #44 and #47 
> "dial" lamps 
> at Radio Shack anymore in most of the "Cellphone Shack" stores!  I 
> have all 
> but written "Rat Shack" off.  They have nothing I can really use 
> anymore in 
> "parts".  What they DO have has inflated prices thru the ceiling.  
> {End if 
> tirade.  I'm sorry this "banning" and forced obsolescence stuff 
> angers me to 
> no end!}
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Sandy W5TVW