EU full stop selling incandescent bulbs

December 31, 2012, the EU full stop selling incandescent bulbs. Needless to say, the elimination of high energy consumption of incandescent help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment. But for German conformist, and sometimes still do not adapt to the energy-saving lamps. 

In Germany, one of the new products come out without the authority of the testing and inspection of the department is difficult to get the recognition of the common people. As early as 2009, the EU ban inefficient incandescent bulbs. The first ban on the sale of 100-watt incandescent bulb, and then prohibit the use of 60-watt and 40-watt light bulb, and now a total ban on the use of all incandescent. German consumer magazine expert long-term tests on a variety of energy-saving lamps, including quartz lamps, energy-saving lamps and LED lights, LED lights highest scores, it is not only the environmental protection and energy saving, long life, and turn on the lights that lit. An LED lamp life of 15,000 hours, and the longest life expectancy of 1000 hours incandescent. A power consumption of 7 watts LED lamps can achieve a brightness of 40 watt incandescent. From the one-time purchase price, LED lights more expensive than incandescent several times, but in the long run, the price advantage of LED lights is still evident. LED lights on the German market prices of up to 30 euros, while an incandescent bulb 50 Europe assigned to one euro. But a 60 watt incandescent tariff of 15 euros, while the the corresponding brightness LED lamp tariff only € 3, plus LED lamp life is 15 times as much as ordinary incandescent lamps, LED lights saves energy clear advantages and cost savings.

With ordinary incandescent exit the market, LED industry will be a major push into the lighting market. Etc g24 led plug light, r7s led light, led cabinet light. According to the Consumers' Association survey analysis, the price of 20-30 euros LED lights, to the year 2020 will be reduced to € 3. The European Commission estimates, the phase-out of incandescent bulbs that measures to reduce the expenditures of € 50 a year for each family of the EU.

Another option is the energy-saving lamps, compact fluorescent lamps. Its advantage is diverse, affordable lighting style. This energy-saving lamps energy consumption is only a little more than the LED lights. But people are not used to this energy-saving lamps, after more than 20 seconds or one minute after turn on the switch in order to achieve a certain brightness. Most people can not accept this energy-saving lamps contain a small amount of mercury, once the child accidentally broke the light bulb, it will cause pollution. Accordance with the requirements of energy-saving light bulbs were broken, the homeowner To ventilate the room for 30 minutes and leave the room before the debris with a damp cloth or tape collection as a special waste disposal. But Germany is not every residential area has a special waste disposal facilities, which gives people a lot of trouble.

EU ban incurred by the voices of doubt in Germany. There are many families that incandescent lighting is soft, comfortable, and the luminosity of the LED light or energy-saving lamps or too bright or too dark. In the hallway, basement and bathroom need to press the switch will be able to illuminate the lights, the place is not suitable for the installation of energy-saving lamps. There, in the mines, ships, etc., should not be installed energy-saving lamps. Streets, shopping malls, indoor and outdoor decorated in traditional German Christmas period, these lights from traditional incandescent. Therefore, it was considered that the provisions of the EU is not a single solution to vary from person to person, but rather from place to place. In addition, the price of energy-saving lamps people shied away from the Berlin area, for example, one-third of the population living in Berlin foreigners, more than 40% of families living on welfare. Let these families is unrealistic to replace expensive LED lights or energy-saving lamps. The people do not want, there is no ability to increase so much expense in lighting.

The EU ban is for manufacturers to prohibit reproduction ordinary incandescent. The mall stock incandescent can still continue to sell. Germany has many stores or individual businesses hear the beginning of the EU ban on the hoarding of a large number of incandescent bulbs. According to German media reports, the current incandescent inventory sufficient to German for two years. By that time, the price of energy-saving lamps will decline, the quality will improve, the popularity of energy-saving lamps will be ripe.