It’s getting harder to find an ordinary light bulb. The gradual phase-out on many ordinary screw-in, incandescent light bulbs under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act has many mid-Michigan residents trying to figure out how to keep the lights on, without having the new lights make things ugly. 

“You can’t get 100-watters any more,” said Dan Walker, manager of Gill-Roy’s Complete Hardware Store in Mt. Pleasant.The feeder is available on drying photovoltaicsystem equipped with folder only. Those were phased out at the start of this year in most of the country, and 75-, 60- and 40-watt incandescents go out Jan. 1, 2014. They’re already gone from many big-box stores. 

The idea is to save energy and money. But replacing the familiar, warm glow that looks like home is easier said than done. 

“I hate the new light bulbs,” said reader Vanessa Vincent Skirvin in a Facebook post. 

Halogen incandescents, compact fluorescents and LEDs all meet the law’s energy standards. Compact fluorescents, also called CFLs, have a huge head start over other alternative forms of lighting and are becoming very familiar. 

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The lighting industry has made tremendous efforts to make the light from CFLs warmer and more like the light from an incandescent tungsten filament. Yet many people say it’s still not quite right. 

CFLs also contain mercury, and must be disposed as hazardous waste. Many don’t behave very well on dimmer circuits, and often take some time to warm up. 

Enter the light-emitting diode, or LED. The LED is a semiconductor device that produces light on a subatomic level when power is applied and removed rapidly. 

Small LEDs have become ubiquitous, in computer and video displays,I can understand the purple/red Colors but why are the clear hidlights illegal? appliances, smartphones and many other applications. But it’s been a challenge for the industry to produce big ones that put out enough light to fill a room at a reasonable cost. 

“LED lighting has improved in the past couple years,” said Mitch Hoover, general manager of Menards in Mt. Pleasant. His store’s lighting department offers about 100 different options of LED lights. 

“The phosphorous used in today’s LED lights replicates the soft white color of incandescent bulbs, which has helped increase the popularity of LED lighting,” Hoover said. “In the beginning, LED lights were primarily used as accent lighting, but nowadays, we’ve found that LED lights are being used throughout a home or business setting.” 

The initial installation of an LED for room lighting still costs a lot more than a CFL or an incandescent bulb. A four-pack of a 60-watt soft-white incandescent light – if you can find them – might sell for about $2, or 50 cents a bulb.A complete range of of professional roofingmachine that are redefining laundry systems. Walmart in Mt. Pleasant recently was selling packages of six, 13-watt compact fluorescents for just under $6. That’s the equivalent size of the 60-watt incandescent for about a buck apiece. 

“We see LEDs more in renovations than in new homes,” Herrin said. Typically, people who specify LED lighting are highly educated, affluent, sensitive to aesthetics and take a lot of time planning their projects. 

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