It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « on: January 01, 2024, 03:04:02 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Starting today, the US state of California has made it illegal to  sell new self-ballasted CFL lamps particularly the ones with screw bases and double pin twist lock bases like GU24 and GU10. As of now, pin-based CFL lamps, linear fluorescent tubes, U bend fluorescent lamps, circline fluorescent lamps, and other fluorescent lamps can still be sold. This means that you can no longer get the common spiral shaped CFL lamps in California anymore.
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #2 on: January 01, 2024, 05:03:49 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
So far, I have seen plenty of GU10 LED lamps online.
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #5 on: January 01, 2024, 10:06:23 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
I own one GU-24 fixture and it'll get a normal medium base socket installed before I ever put the fixture to use !
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #7 on: January 01, 2024, 10:17:38 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
I've ran clear MV in my bathroom before so what's you're point ?
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #8 on: January 01, 2024, 11:00:55 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: joseph_125 on January 01, 2024, 10:13:17 AM Not sure what I would do with it though, it was designed as a bathroom light and SOX isn't the first thing I would put in a bathroom. We put our socks in the washing machine  I'll get me coat...
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #10 on: January 01, 2024, 10:27:24 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
The washing machine is in the bathroom in my wonderful house !
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #11 on: January 02, 2024, 01:09:18 AM » Author: icefoglights
Aside from that one common Leviton fixture that initially came with a squashed CFL, and now an LED bulb, GU-24 fixtures seem to be more common in commercial spaces in my experience, similar to PL fixtures.  I've stayed in many hotels that used them.  Many had LED bulbs in recent years, although one I recently stayed in still used CFLs, as a bulb in my room went EOL and they out of bulbs and had a case on order.  There seems to be more color temperature options for LED versions than there were in CFL versions, although at best I only see one option on store shelves.
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #12 on: January 22, 2024, 09:15:54 AM » Author: Flurofan96
These bulb bans are not really about care for environment, it is just another stupid controlling scheme  but thank goodness the ordinary fluorescent tubes and the non self ballasted CFLS can still be sourced in California
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #13 on: January 22, 2024, 02:58:20 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Those lamps will also be banned on 1 January 2025 in the US  State of California as well. This includes non-integrated CFL lamps, linear tubes, circline lamps, U-bend lamps, and all other white fluorescent lamps as well.
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	Re: It’s official: California has banned self-ballasted CFL lamps « Reply #14 on: January 23, 2024, 01:11:57 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Also on 1 January 2025 the fluorescent ban will go into effect in Colorado Quote a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in Colorado (a) any linear florescent lamp; or (b) compact fluorescent lamp. In theory in they wanted to get ugly about it, this  could even mean you as an individual couldn't sell or even give away fluorescent lamps of any type..atleast from my understanding. (there are some exceptions for various specialty lamps..but even stuff like colored & plant lamps are covered in the ban)
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