Ban on directional halogen lamps.

[bernardgreen]

How many people wil be affected by this ? And what will they do when they need a new lamp ?

From September 2016, all mains voltage Halogen directional bulbs will be banned from being imported into the EU

Some stockists are advising a last time buy to avoid the need for a change of fiting when the lamps burns out.

 

[DaveHerns]

You'll still be able to get them on EBay!

 

[winston1]

We are on our way out of the EU.

 

[skenk]

What will people do?... presumably buy LED lamps instead. For all the talk of all the various kinds of bulbs that are supposedly banned I haven't had any trouble whatsoever finding suitable replacements for anything. True Tesco don't sell them and the boxes of eg 100w incandescent bulbs are marked 'rough service' but that is not a problem!

 

[ericmark]

I think my projector uses a 12 volt bulb, but it has been some years since I have used it, well before we had switched mode power supplies so if 12 volt then new LED should fit.

I seem to remember there is a law about manufactures servicing their products with availability of spare parts for a set number of years, so if the product will not work with quartz bulbs they will need to recall and modify the product?

 

[flameport]

We are on our way out of the EU.

Most other countries have similar bans, and it was the UK government which introduced it before the rest of Europe.

 

[AndyPRK]

I can't say its a bad thing.

As long as you can still get pearl incandescent on ebay.

 

[EFLImpudence]

...and Amazon.