Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « on: November 02, 2024, 03:49:10 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Just found out that Minnesota has apparently become the latest US state to ban fluorescent lighting starting in 2025. Additionally, it appears that Minnesota is the first US state to enact a ban on any sort of HID lamp, which would include mercury vapor lamps. So far, I see no evidence of high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps being banned in any US states so far. See here: https://inside.lighting/news/24-06/minnesota-becomes-latest-state-enact-fluorescent-ban
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #1 on: November 02, 2024, 04:06:24 PM » Author: Milwaukeeman2003
This just makes me sick. We need to protest!
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #2 on: November 04, 2024, 12:35:05 PM » Author: Lcubed3
It's interesting how little warning they gave reatilers.
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #3 on: November 04, 2024, 02:45:38 PM » Author: Lumex120
I live in Minnesota and it feels like this kind of came out of nowhere. To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. I think the restrictions based on mercury content are a bit more sensible than the usual energy efficiency ones at least, but it's not like fluorescent or anything other than LED is going to be in widespread use within the next few years anyways. One thing I'm concerned about is that a local lighting distributor to me (lightbulbs.com) has a huge inventory of unique fluorescent tubes, including colored and foreign ones and I don't know if they're going to be forced to dispose of them or not.
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #4 on: November 04, 2024, 02:52:18 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
The forced disposal of unsold banned lamps is one of the things that irritates me the most about lamp bans because this means that many of these banned lamps will suddenly become rare.
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #5 on: November 04, 2024, 02:55:07 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
At some point, I feel like there will be a time when the prices of fluorescent, HID, and other non-LED lamps will be overinflated on eBay like I have been currently seeing with incandescent and halogen lamps. Like $500 for a case of 10 F40T12 tubes or $1,000 for a case of 6 high pressure sodium lamps.
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #6 on: November 04, 2024, 04:03:34 PM » Author: Milwaukeeman2003
There’s a good chance that they may continue to sell them until their stock runs out.
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	Re: Minnesota Becomes Latest US state to enact fluorescent lamp ban « Reply #8 on: November 04, 2024, 05:22:27 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I have also been getting nervous about Japan’s 2027 fluorescent lamp ban because I have been seeing very little documentation regarding their fluorescent lamps too and would really like to get more for my collection.
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