> Adam Aglionby wrote:
> >>>> Andrew Gabriel
> >>>> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
> >>> Again , your suggestions for currently availabke suitable replacement
> >>> lighting?
> >>> Your source for beleiving MR16 will be "outlawed" within 5 years?
> >> I did not see Andy make reference to MR16 in particular. However the
> >> general EU timetable is described at the end of this document:
> >>http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/ecodesign/doc/committee/2008_12...
> > I took the inference that he was refering to MR16 both LV and GU10
> > being ill advised for a new installation because of an uncertain
> > future.
> I expect his ire was more focussed on GU10 in particular than the
> overall form factor. However I stand to be corrected.
> > The timetable relies on suitable alternatives being developed , for a
> > lot of uses of MR16 lamps there is no current or on the horizon
> > replacement.
> Well the difficulty is who gets to decide what is "suitable". Many would
> argue that there is currently no suitable replacement for a 100W GLS
> bulb - the alternatives having poorer colour rendition and/or slow warm
> up times, or incompatibility with dimmers, plus a range of other
> problems. However this does not seem to have stopped the powers that be
> from suggesting that these can be replaced with CFL substitutes.
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