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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The end of the 2012 also marks the end of the 75-watt household light bulb. And the new year means that the days of the ubiquitous 60-watt bulb and less-loved 40-watter are also ...
Starting today — New Year’s Day — it will be lights out for the popular 40- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs. It’s for our own good, we are told.
GE markets the Reveal bulb as an energy-efficient model in that it produces enough light—790 lumens—to be equivalent to a conventional 60-watt bulb.
Sales are up for the old 60-watt and 40-watt bulbs, partly because of store promotions, says Mark Voykovic, national light bulb merchant for The Home Depot.
Bulb ban. A nationwide phase-out on 40 and 60-watt light bulbs starts this week. But many home improvement stores say customers are confused about where to find replacements.
On January 1, 2014 manufacturers will stop producing the standard 40 and 60 watt incandescent light bulbs in the United States. The 75 and 100 watt bulbs were discontinued in 2013.
On January 1, 2014, in keeping with a law passed by Congress in 2007, the old familiar tungsten-filament 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs can no longer be manufactured in the U.S., because ...
Light bulb manufacturers will cease making traditional 40 and 60-watt light bulbs, the most popular in the country, at the start of 2014.
According to market research, the elimination of 40- and 60-watt bulbs will have a much greater impact because they are the two most popular among U.S. consumers.
Beginning on Jan. 1, you won't be able to buy 60- and 40-watt incandescent lightbulbs. We walk you through your new options.
Fans of the country’s most popular light bulbs - the traditional 40 and 60-watt incandescent bulbs - are being encouraging to start stocking up as on January 1 it will become illegal for ...