As did I, but have run out. The only incandescent bulbs I am seeing now is what you put in the oven. I have a high intensity desk lamp and had a number of bulbs for it I am on my last one now. So, I am happy that a bill is introduced to bring incandescent bulbs back. I try to be outside as much as I can. I am over 75 and I Look forward to working in the garden and general outside tasks. I ride two e-bikes, one a mountain bike style the other a gravel bike with a mid-drive motor. They get me out in the sun and the fresh air and get to eat up some scenery. But, the weather for riding in just a T-shirt is quickly coming to an end.
I do wear blue blocker glasses when I am on the computer because that light from the monitor isn't good for us either, particularly because of all the time I'm here reading all the substacks I am subscribed to <evil grin>.
Where did you find the heavy duty incandescent bulbs? My husband is having a hard time finding them. We had to return the ones on Amazon because they were defective, got too hot or burnt out or didn't work at all. Very cheap quality bulbs!
I tried, the supplier send the foreign opposite turn bulbs. Compare the relation between cataract's during incandescent and LED bulb's. I am down to my last 2 bulbs! I might have to return to candle.
Where did you find the heavy duty incandescent bulbs? My husband is having a hard time finding them. We had to return the ones on Amazon because they were defective, got too hot or burnt out or didn't work at all. Very cheap quality bulbs!
Wondering about a weather proof one? I have a 10 foot white board in our classroom and we use the whole darn thing every day. We’re doing first grade and there is so much daily review it’s insane. Much easier to have review on either end and a working space in the middle that gets erased each subject.
I’m so thankful you writing this! I have vestibular migraines which are heavily triggered by LED’s. They are everywhere; work, stores and the lights on cars make me so dizzy! And there is nothing I can do about it. I hardly drive anymore. Even in the daytime, these LED headlights are so bright, and some (Toyota is the worst) I can see flickering, which instantly makes me dizzy, and feels like the back of my eyeballs are being squeezed. And don’t get me started about Christmas and all the horrible, low quality LED lights that make me nauseous. VM affects so many people and most don’t know it. They Dr’s claim anxiety. And yes, feeling dizzy and not knowing why causes anxiety!! Took me 15 years to discover VM was the culprit. Unfortunately every doctor I went to (family, neurology, ent, you name it) said I was fine. I hope at some point incandescents come back. Life is not fun with LED. Hard to work. Hard to shop. And not impossible to drive. I’m considering a Tesla for self driving just so I can get somewhere if my wife can’t take me. Anyway, thanks for the article!!!
I started replacing all my light bulbs with full spectrum incandescent bulbs over a decade ago. My house is now full of these bulbs, mostly they are chromalux brand, which you can still buy. Cost more, but they've lasted me a very long time. I also have a stash in the garage in case they stop making them.
I have bought a bunch of Chromalux. They have not lasted long for me, though. Less than a year. I do want them, but I also wished they lasted longer for me. I wonder if I'm messing them up somehow.
I loaded up on good old incandescent light bulbs before moving to a new home. Already used them in my last one. I went around replacing almost every single bulb in this house. Couldn’t do two ceiling fans because manufacturers have another trick up their sleeve: make the light kits as one unit with the ceiling fan. Light kit goes dead and, well, time for a new ceiling fan. You have to be very careful in choosing ceiling fans now. I love the regular light. One of the most dreary things is driving by a home with the older LED lights on inside. The home looks cold and dreary. Towns have replaced street lightbulbs with LEDs. I HATE them. The old fashioned light fixtures put out more light. The LED ones shoot the light down in an A shape and they don’t overlap so you have completely dark places between street lights that you didn’t have before.
I'm old enough to remember Bush 41's announcement that they were phasing out the incandescent bulbs, upon which I immediately purchased as many incandescents as I could get my hands on, knowing the health dangers of the LEDs. I still have several hundred incandescent bulbs in my stash, even after sharing with friends and neighbors.
Wonderful aggregation of the science that pertains to our continuation of health throughout the day. I salute you. Yet it devolves to "Follow the money! Follow the money! Follow the money!" This requires revolution, not logical argument. The Money will not bow to logic or humanity - signs of weakness! - they will respond only to the drastic diminution of their wealth, the threat to their continuity of unopposed sovereignty. Only when their impunity is threatened financially, will they consider us worthy of consideration, of communication, of dialogue.
My compromise on indoor lighting is to use grow lights for most indoor lights.
They're LED with polycarbonate plastic lenses, both of which eliminate UV, so that's the drawback.
I run black lights with those grow lights to get the UV to where I sit a lot.
Fortunately, I live in Florida, and like to garden so I'm probably OK on enough sun exposure by default.
If you're interested in what spectrum of light the grow lights output there's a graphic about half way down in this Amazon listing. These are excellent quality grow lights. I've used them a while for seed starting and the living room lettuce farm and they've held up well with a LOT of hours of usage.
The infrared from incandescent bulbs is not wasted inside, during heating season. The heating season also has less daylight so artificial lighting is used more. Desk lamps, table lamps and other lamps that are closer to people heat up people directly since infrared is radiant. If the lighting is limited to where people are then the heat from the bulbs ends up heating people "space". Even if bulbs are left on in unoccupied spaces the heat still adds to the overall heat of the house. Therefore, almost no energy is wasted by incandescent bulbs during the heating season.
I have recently seen some Facebook short videos, and I know they are not necessarily reliable for being accurate, however, I have recently seen two about how increasing melanin in your skin helps block 5G and other EMF radiation. Shocker to hear that sun exposure and developing a healthy tan may be good for your health in more ways than one. Just wondering if anyone has already done some research on that, as I don’t have time to rabbit trail it at this time.
Most offices now have LED lights. Some of the new LED bulbs have adjustable settings - 3,000 to 4,500 I believe. While no setting may be ideal with LEDs, given a choice is it better to go with the lower setting?
Somebody help me find a source for incandescent. My stash is getting low! I hope Mike Lee succeeds in leading this charge and that we return to standard time in November and stay there.
I really like the vintage incandescent bulbs I got on Amazon for evenings or mornings when I want to switch to more of an amber light... I agree that the other incandescent bulbs can be used but I don't leave them unattended because of their quality. But I also think it's better to turn them off even if you leave a room for a few minutes because it does run up the electric bill - unlike LED lights which can be on a long time without increasing your energy bill much. Spending time outside every morning no matter how cold in the winter has been a game changer for me!
While an incandescent bulb solves the blue spike and provides the near-infrared (NIR) light Dr. Seheult discusses, it has a major daytime flaw: it is incredibly dim in the blue and green spectrum. It looks very yellow and amber. In nature, a yellow, dim spectrum signals sunset. Using incandescents in a playroom during the day can make a child feel sluggish, sleepy, and less focused because it doesn't mimic the bright, crisp spectrum of daytime sun.
The Optimum Daytime Solution: "SunLike" Violet-Pump LEDs
Instead of reverting to 19th-century hot filaments, the most advanced, health-first solution for a waking room today is to use Full-Spectrum / SunLike LEDs (often utilizing technology developed by Seoul Semiconductor or Toshiba).
These specialized bulbs do not use a blue chip. Instead, they use a violet LED chip mixed with a tri-phosphor blend.
Standard LED: [BLAZING BLUE SPIKE] ---> [Deep Valley] ---> [Muddy Green/Red]
SunLike LED: [Smooth, continuous curve matching natural daylight from violet to deep red]
By smoothing out the spectrum, these bulbs achieve a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 97 to 99, meaning they reproduce the exact spectral balance of natural daylight indoors, including the rich crimson and deep red wavelengths, without the dangerous heat or the aggressive artificial blue spike.
Back before the ban, I stockpiled a bunch of heavy duty incadescent bulbs since I hate fluorescent or LED ones!!!
I did the same
As did I, but have run out. The only incandescent bulbs I am seeing now is what you put in the oven. I have a high intensity desk lamp and had a number of bulbs for it I am on my last one now. So, I am happy that a bill is introduced to bring incandescent bulbs back. I try to be outside as much as I can. I am over 75 and I Look forward to working in the garden and general outside tasks. I ride two e-bikes, one a mountain bike style the other a gravel bike with a mid-drive motor. They get me out in the sun and the fresh air and get to eat up some scenery. But, the weather for riding in just a T-shirt is quickly coming to an end.
I do wear blue blocker glasses when I am on the computer because that light from the monitor isn't good for us either, particularly because of all the time I'm here reading all the substacks I am subscribed to <evil grin>.
Where did you find the heavy duty incandescent bulbs? My husband is having a hard time finding them. We had to return the ones on Amazon because they were defective, got too hot or burnt out or didn't work at all. Very cheap quality bulbs!
I tried, the supplier send the foreign opposite turn bulbs. Compare the relation between cataract's during incandescent and LED bulb's. I am down to my last 2 bulbs! I might have to return to candle.
Ditto!
Where did you find the heavy duty incandescent bulbs? My husband is having a hard time finding them. We had to return the ones on Amazon because they were defective, got too hot or burnt out or didn't work at all. Very cheap quality bulbs!
I too, stock piled incadescent.
I have been wondering how to hold class outside for my children. I need an outdoor whiteboard 😆
We have been opening the windows to let the sun stream in.
I love my incandescent chandeliers.
R u homeschoolong? We did!
How abt an old fashioned style chalkboard?
Yes we are, I love it.
Wondering about a weather proof one? I have a 10 foot white board in our classroom and we use the whole darn thing every day. We’re doing first grade and there is so much daily review it’s insane. Much easier to have review on either end and a working space in the middle that gets erased each subject.
Good for you! Lol
First grade!!!!! awwww
I miss it, but there's no going back. 😥
Treasure each day! 💐
I’m so thankful you writing this! I have vestibular migraines which are heavily triggered by LED’s. They are everywhere; work, stores and the lights on cars make me so dizzy! And there is nothing I can do about it. I hardly drive anymore. Even in the daytime, these LED headlights are so bright, and some (Toyota is the worst) I can see flickering, which instantly makes me dizzy, and feels like the back of my eyeballs are being squeezed. And don’t get me started about Christmas and all the horrible, low quality LED lights that make me nauseous. VM affects so many people and most don’t know it. They Dr’s claim anxiety. And yes, feeling dizzy and not knowing why causes anxiety!! Took me 15 years to discover VM was the culprit. Unfortunately every doctor I went to (family, neurology, ent, you name it) said I was fine. I hope at some point incandescents come back. Life is not fun with LED. Hard to work. Hard to shop. And not impossible to drive. I’m considering a Tesla for self driving just so I can get somewhere if my wife can’t take me. Anyway, thanks for the article!!!
I started replacing all my light bulbs with full spectrum incandescent bulbs over a decade ago. My house is now full of these bulbs, mostly they are chromalux brand, which you can still buy. Cost more, but they've lasted me a very long time. I also have a stash in the garage in case they stop making them.
I have bought a bunch of Chromalux. They have not lasted long for me, though. Less than a year. I do want them, but I also wished they lasted longer for me. I wonder if I'm messing them up somehow.
I loaded up on good old incandescent light bulbs before moving to a new home. Already used them in my last one. I went around replacing almost every single bulb in this house. Couldn’t do two ceiling fans because manufacturers have another trick up their sleeve: make the light kits as one unit with the ceiling fan. Light kit goes dead and, well, time for a new ceiling fan. You have to be very careful in choosing ceiling fans now. I love the regular light. One of the most dreary things is driving by a home with the older LED lights on inside. The home looks cold and dreary. Towns have replaced street lightbulbs with LEDs. I HATE them. The old fashioned light fixtures put out more light. The LED ones shoot the light down in an A shape and they don’t overlap so you have completely dark places between street lights that you didn’t have before.
I'm old enough to remember Bush 41's announcement that they were phasing out the incandescent bulbs, upon which I immediately purchased as many incandescents as I could get my hands on, knowing the health dangers of the LEDs. I still have several hundred incandescent bulbs in my stash, even after sharing with friends and neighbors.
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2de8d55095.html
How do we help? You can get incandescent bulbs now called “rough service. They are manufactured for electricians.
The only problem is that the wattage is too high for residential. Where do you buy your bulbs? Thank you!
AutoZone
thanks for that info! I'd rather go there than buy some unknown brand on AMZN.
Wonderful aggregation of the science that pertains to our continuation of health throughout the day. I salute you. Yet it devolves to "Follow the money! Follow the money! Follow the money!" This requires revolution, not logical argument. The Money will not bow to logic or humanity - signs of weakness! - they will respond only to the drastic diminution of their wealth, the threat to their continuity of unopposed sovereignty. Only when their impunity is threatened financially, will they consider us worthy of consideration, of communication, of dialogue.
My compromise on indoor lighting is to use grow lights for most indoor lights.
They're LED with polycarbonate plastic lenses, both of which eliminate UV, so that's the drawback.
I run black lights with those grow lights to get the UV to where I sit a lot.
Fortunately, I live in Florida, and like to garden so I'm probably OK on enough sun exposure by default.
If you're interested in what spectrum of light the grow lights output there's a graphic about half way down in this Amazon listing. These are excellent quality grow lights. I've used them a while for seed starting and the living room lettuce farm and they've held up well with a LOT of hours of usage.
https://www.amazon.com/Barrina-Spectrum-Daylight-Equivalent-Greenhouse/dp/B0B3CCLW5D/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?
The infrared from incandescent bulbs is not wasted inside, during heating season. The heating season also has less daylight so artificial lighting is used more. Desk lamps, table lamps and other lamps that are closer to people heat up people directly since infrared is radiant. If the lighting is limited to where people are then the heat from the bulbs ends up heating people "space". Even if bulbs are left on in unoccupied spaces the heat still adds to the overall heat of the house. Therefore, almost no energy is wasted by incandescent bulbs during the heating season.
I have recently seen some Facebook short videos, and I know they are not necessarily reliable for being accurate, however, I have recently seen two about how increasing melanin in your skin helps block 5G and other EMF radiation. Shocker to hear that sun exposure and developing a healthy tan may be good for your health in more ways than one. Just wondering if anyone has already done some research on that, as I don’t have time to rabbit trail it at this time.
Most offices now have LED lights. Some of the new LED bulbs have adjustable settings - 3,000 to 4,500 I believe. While no setting may be ideal with LEDs, given a choice is it better to go with the lower setting?
Somebody help me find a source for incandescent. My stash is getting low! I hope Mike Lee succeeds in leading this charge and that we return to standard time in November and stay there.
I really like the vintage incandescent bulbs I got on Amazon for evenings or mornings when I want to switch to more of an amber light... I agree that the other incandescent bulbs can be used but I don't leave them unattended because of their quality. But I also think it's better to turn them off even if you leave a room for a few minutes because it does run up the electric bill - unlike LED lights which can be on a long time without increasing your energy bill much. Spending time outside every morning no matter how cold in the winter has been a game changer for me!
Here is what I got from AI:
The Limit of Incandescents
While an incandescent bulb solves the blue spike and provides the near-infrared (NIR) light Dr. Seheult discusses, it has a major daytime flaw: it is incredibly dim in the blue and green spectrum. It looks very yellow and amber. In nature, a yellow, dim spectrum signals sunset. Using incandescents in a playroom during the day can make a child feel sluggish, sleepy, and less focused because it doesn't mimic the bright, crisp spectrum of daytime sun.
The Optimum Daytime Solution: "SunLike" Violet-Pump LEDs
Instead of reverting to 19th-century hot filaments, the most advanced, health-first solution for a waking room today is to use Full-Spectrum / SunLike LEDs (often utilizing technology developed by Seoul Semiconductor or Toshiba).
These specialized bulbs do not use a blue chip. Instead, they use a violet LED chip mixed with a tri-phosphor blend.
Standard LED: [BLAZING BLUE SPIKE] ---> [Deep Valley] ---> [Muddy Green/Red]
SunLike LED: [Smooth, continuous curve matching natural daylight from violet to deep red]
By smoothing out the spectrum, these bulbs achieve a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 97 to 99, meaning they reproduce the exact spectral balance of natural daylight indoors, including the rich crimson and deep red wavelengths, without the dangerous heat or the aggressive artificial blue spike.
Just another reason why our children are struggling in schools. They’re sitting under fluorescent lightning all day.