I think there still might be a market for fixtures that take screw in lamps that are made to look vintage. I have seen that there are some designer LED lamps made to screw into existing fixtures that might still be manufactured. I think IKEA’s Molnart lamps might be spared but not sure.

Usually if a HPS lamp is left cycling the bulb will eventually just die. Sometimes they’ll burn out the ignite or cause damage but less commonly.

Usually, the bulb just eventually will stop working.

Ebay USA international shipping rates have indeed become spectacularly extortionate.  Recently I have changed to using a forwarding service, MyUS.com.  Often sellers will ship free of charge within USA, or for quite a low rate.  The international postage costs charged by MyUS.com are considerably less than Ebay and even if you do have to pay for postage within USA, the total of that + forwarding cost is always far less than Ebay's rate - at least for packages sent to Europe.

Moreover, they will even hold your packages and combine multiples together, and re-ship in a single carton.  A further advantage is that international taxes are paid only on the item value, rather than adding that tax onto the item + post + local tax like Ebay charges.  When combining several packages together, I typically end up with shipping costs typically less than a quarter of what Ebay charges.  You have to pay them a monthly subscription fee, but even with that, the saving is huge - and you can stop and start the subscription whenever you need it.

The law that’s supposed to take effect on July, 2028 will ban most light bulbs sold today (including LEDs). Most LEDs do not consume 122 lumens per watt unless it’s a 100W equivalent bulb (or greater). At this point, light bulbs may not be able to be manufactured at all.

It would be hard to design an LED bulb that efficient, especially a snow cone lamp, and if so, they’d probably still be dimmer.

Unfortunately, it might be the end of the light bulb era. We might just need to buy LED light fixtures after 2028. I don’t think it’s possible to make a 60W equivalent bulb that only consumes 4 watts for example.

After 2028, many companies may actually just stop making light bulbs. I know they are doing this to force us to use integrated LEDs that you can’t replace. Not to encourage people to use LED lighting. The 2023 legislation already forced people into LEDs, and most LEDs do not meet this requirement. I haven’t seen a single 40W replacement LED that used 125 lumens per watt or more.

Philips actually has an ultra efficient line as I know, but haven’t tested them, and those are all filament lamps.

I don’t think this law will affect fluorescent bulbs that aren’t screw in CFLs with a Edison base because those don’t classify as GLS lamps, so I don’t think T12s and T8s will be affected. I don’t care if CFLs get banned, they are an outdated technology anyways.

I think after this takes effect most manufacturers will just discontinue most of their bulbs and we will be forced into buying LED light fixtures. Maybe they’ll change LED bulbs and make them more efficient, who knows, but I don’t think most companies will. 40W equivalent lamps might be forced to get discontinued.

And, I think eventually they’ll ban all fixtures with a screw-in light base and then all new fixtures we get will have to be integrated LED.

Pretty impressive severe weather threat possible for Illinois, Indiana and part of Ohio, including my area. Night time event
as well, so this will be deadly. Large, violent tornadoes are possible for most of Illinois and Indiana especially. Unfortunately
this could be a situation where fatalities could occur... so hopefully everyone stays safe.
My area is actually under a moderate risk for tornadoes, which is something I don't hear very often. Indiana and Illinois are both
in a much higher risk of course, but still... my area could see tornadoes too. Hopefully this does not happen.
I've got shelter preparations though, just incase. Looks like I'm gonna be digging out my motorcycle gear...

Now, normally I’m a Belgian lighting expert and always have an awnser to a question (to do with Belgian lighting) but one question has always stumped me. “Why did Clarel market the OV-15?” Well, I’ve heard that ACEC was a part of Westinghouse which, hmmm, I don’t really believe…so I have set out to find the real awnser! What do you guys know?

 Anyone know the whereabouts of 3 of these that aren't stupidly priced ? I want either /CW or /D . So far the only ones I've found are around $60 EACH + shipping !!  They're for a lighted sign I got recently .

Here's video of my F30T12's, F20T12's and my F15T12, in my living room... upload for the public:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Shdw238x5Q.

It’s fine 

Oh sorry, it's hard to tell peoples tones online!