With the ban on incandescent light bulbs on August 1 2023 from American government, I wonder what alternatives we have to discharge traction batteries for DIYer's grid dischargers? Biden admin moving forward with light bulb bans in coming weeks | Fox News
Will incandescent heat lamps work for your purpose? From what I'm seeing, these are not on the ban list. The FOX article mentions only Biden. It doesn't mention that the incandescent lamp ban started with legislation signed by Bush in 2007. The first stage was phased in in 2012-14. A final stage was scheduled for 2020, but was 'rolled back' by you-know-who. The new sheriff reinstated it, with changes, for this year. "Some incandescent products are exempt from meeting the new federal ruling. Light bulbs for certain applications — like heat lamps, for example — do not need to meet the new standards." -- Is there an incandescent light bulb ban? This article has a yyuge list of lamps excluded from the sales ban: New federal restrictions on lighting products "Exclusions for GSILs include: Appliance lamp Bug lamp G-shape lamp with a diameter of 5” Left-hand thread lamp Marine signal service lamp Plant light lamp Sign service lamp Showcase lamp Black light lamp Colored lamp Infrared lamp Marine lamp Mine service lamp R20 short lamp Silver bowl lamp Traffic signal lamp ... Exclusions for General Service Lamps: Appliance lamps Black light lamps Bug lamps Silver bowl lamps Colored lamps G shape lamps with a diameter of 5 inches or more General service fluorescent lamps Sign service lamps High intensity discharge lamps Infrared lamps J, JC, JCD, JCS, JCV, JCX, JD, JS, and JT shape lamps that do not have Edison screw bases Showcase lamps Lamps that have a wedge base or prefocus base Left-hand thread lamps Marine lamps Specialty MR lamps Marine signal lamps Mine service lamps Plant light lamps Traffic signal lamps Other fluorescent lamps R20 short lamps MR shape lamps that: have a first number symbol equal to 16 (diameter equal to 2 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1–2002 operate at 12 volts, and have a lumen output greater than or equal to 800 Reflector lamps that have a first number symbol less than 16 (diameter less than 2 inches) as defined in ANSIC79.1–2002, and that do not have E26/E24, E26d, E26/50x39, E26/53x39, E29/2 S shape or G shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than or equal to 12.5 (diameter less than or equal to 1.5625 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1-2002 T-shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than or equal to 8 (diameter less than or equal to 1 inch), nominal overall length less than 12 inches, and that are not compact fluorescent lamps"
(ok you wouldn't want a 12v one, but there are ordinary motors out there that would present the right load to that battery)
space heater? I mostly use LED now, but sometimes in winter in certain rooms I like incandescents because in that case the waste heat is not wasted.
You can find buckets of old bulbs at a Habitat for Humanity Re-store OR ask a friend or neighbor who has a bucket of old bulbs if they have replaced those with LCD. How many do you need, one or a dozen ? I have a box of old bulbs right now maybe they will become collectors item like old vinyl records.
Use a heat strip probably faster too. So to the Prius battery which is 211 volt base system or something like that A small 220 volt heater you know the little square box things ought to run the battery down pretty darn quickly certainly faster than a light bulb I would think.
I had (about 9-10 years ago) a refrigerator with an incandescent bulb. The circuit board that controlled it went bad. Remember the Easy Bake ovens? Before I realized what had happened, the ‘lenses around the light bulb melted and the food on the top shelf was half cooked! Happy to see them slip off into the sunset
Came up recently in some other thread that, 15 years ago or so, I was kind of in the process of swapping out fixtures or sockets here, going from Edison screw base to either distinctly fluorescent fixtures, or maybe the GU24 base (never got around to buying those, but thought about it). At the time, I figured that would be the way the industry would go, to have more and more fixtures and sockets that just wouldn't accept conventional incandescents. Fast forward to this year, when one of those now-15-year-old fluorescent ballasts quit, and I realized I might as well go back to Edison screw sockets again, because that's where a great variety of nice efficient LED lights now can be found. And with the incandescent bulbs themselves being phased out, makes for an easy transition with less of the hassle of fixture retrofitting.
