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25-08-2009, 02:19 PM
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Light bulb ban
Has anybody else heard about this?
I just caught it on Radio 2. Apparently they are going to make all opaque/frosted lightbulbs illegal as of September this year and over the next 4 years phase out all other lightbulbs unless they are energy saving ones. How will this effect us reptile keepers? There was a guy that rang up Radio 2 and said he keeps reptiles so what is he supposed to do? I can't really find anything else about it anywhere though. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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25-08-2009, 02:24 PM
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Sadly it is correct.
The ban comes into effect on September 1st, initially banning 100W clear bulbs and all frosted/coloured bulbs, with a full ban on all incandescent bulbs to follow. Shops will be allowed to sell their current stock, but will not be able to replace them, so once they are gone, you will not be able to get more. It is all thanks to the EU. How it will effect us keepers is that those of us who use bulbs to heat vivs will have to find alternative methods once bulbs are no longer available, with the added cost of ceramic bulbs/heaters/guards/heat resistant cables/pulse stats etc.
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25-08-2009, 02:26 PM
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im gunna stock up on spot lamps from wilko's!
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25-08-2009, 02:40 PM
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What a great idea, ban incandescent bulbs and replace with heavy (mercury) metal ‘energy efficient’ that should not be disposed of except at specialist facilities for handling heavy metals.
Hurrah for the tree huggers again, solve one problem and create an even more major one.
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25-08-2009, 03:18 PM
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what about uv tubes and basking lights
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25-08-2009, 03:21 PM
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I was under the impression that 'specialist' bulbs, i.e. those that are not for human comfort lighting, were not effected?
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25-08-2009, 04:26 PM
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Lunacy!
What about the strip lights in fish tanks??
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25-08-2009, 04:51 PM
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I know that there are more than one way to heating reptile tanks with strips, cables and such but what do people do about the reptiles (primarily lizard keepers such as beardies) which require a hot spot basking lamp? People could stock up before they are made illegal but when they are gone what is there to do?
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