>Move into new apartment >notice outdoor light is dim and

>>58490670
It's called a light bulb

>>58490694

>>58490670
>>58490694
That is actually a dark sucker. It sucks the darkness from around it.

>>58490704
>>58490694
that connector looks proprietary as fuck though. Why would they install these?

>>58490670

It's not for you to know. You're not bright enough.

>>58490670
That's a GU24 CFL my man

sageru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GU24_lamp_fitting

>>58490761
>>58490782
>GU24
That's actually quite helpful, thanks

>>58490782
>Use of the GU24 fitting provides compliance with a 2008 ruling by the California Energy Commission under Title 24 (California Building Standards Code) to require high-efficiency lighting on all residential remodels and new construction. The GU24 fitting maintains the energy efficiency of the light by preventing an occupant from using an incandescent bulb instead of a CFL. Adapters to use incandescent bulbs in a GU24 fitting are illegal in the State of California as they would be a fire hazard in fixtures designed for the lower heat output of a CFL bulb.
Holy shit. Talk about a police state.

>>58490796

HOLY FUCK

>>58490796
California is fucking weird with their laws. Especially their "contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer" messages.

>>58490796
but the adapter thing for fire hazards makes sense
>>58490820
I think that's a specific law for being able to sell your product in California, or there is a lot of cancer research in California

>>58490796
Funny as making this funky connector was, they could have also simply gone with a GU10 connector and maintained better compatibility amongst other bulbs.

>>58490820
CFL contain Mercury. :^)

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>>58490796

> police state because California has a new bulb connector

so what are you idiots going to say when we actually become a police state?

>>58490860
I'm (OP) in massachusetts. Police state because they are mandating what kind of light bulbs you're allowed to use, specifically ones that have a price premium. Replacement bulbs list on amazon for $10 for a CFL

>>58490882

CFL's on average last much longer than incandescent bulbs, even by conservative estimates, so in the long run you are paying less.

>>58490978
Not when an LED bulb with a standard connector would cost less to buy.

>>58490741
What the fuck? I've only ever heard it called an Emitter of Light Rays

>>58490796
California is master of making retarded laws and stripping freedoms.

I really hope a giant earthquake sinks the entire state soon, hopefully before more of the California residents infect other states.

>>58490998
Massachusetts is right behind california on freedom hating

All it really takes to adapt any socket is two pieces of wire

>>58490860
>New connector
For the sole purpose of fucking people over and preventing backwards compatibility? Whenever Apple or whoever does that /g/ goes fucking nuts. Making it the law is even more obtuse and intrusive.

Buy this and be happy anon - http://a.co/hBaOH2K

>>58491024
The difference is Massachusetts doesn't matter and has like, 5 electoral votes.

America would be better off if California secceeded.

>>58491067
That's actually illegal in California.

California BANNED HIGH CAPACITY LIGHT SOCKET ADAPTERS.

>>58491069
Mass has 11. Not much compared to California's 55, but still more than any other state in new England

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>>58490860
>the government will incarcerate me for using an unapproved light bulb or for bypassing the government mandated lightbulb connection
>thankfully I don't live in a police state

California is straight out of fucking Brazil. Pic related, it's what happens to you when you illegally replace your own lightbulbs.

>>58491081
It's Illegal in CA because CA mandated high efficiency lighting use the GU24 in construction after 2008.

My guess is it's from some communist shithole

>>58490796
>california

I hate being right all the time.

>>58490998
>I really hope a giant earthquake sinks the entire state soon
Suddenly you lose Silicon Valley. Do you really want that? Literally the only reason why we even have the Internet and PCs in general is pretty much because of California.

>>58491159
honestly I'd take the risk. Silicon Valley is getting to expensive to live near.

>>58491024
Is that why FOX shills for Boston?

>>58490882
>Police state because they are mandating what kind of light bulbs you're allowed to use

The government mandates what kind of toilets are used in the US. And ovens, and fridges, etc.

This is nothing at all new or unique to California.

>>58491159
>Implying geography had anything to do with it and not the business climate created by Reagan and the Bushes
Silicon Valley could easily have been in Seattle or Denver or Boston. Nothing in particular was special about San Fransisco.

>>58491050

The purpose was to promote energy efficiency, and the reason adapters can't be used is because it's a legitimate fire hazard.

If you think that's oppressive, you probably have never had to deal with building codes or fire marshals, which are in all 50 states.

Fuck, I just realized it's EVERY light socket built into this apartment. God damn my wallet hurts.

Installing these are a bitch compared to just screwing it in.

>>58491238
dude cfl's last forever the one in my bedroom died this week I moved in like fucking 4 years ago
>>58490796
what in the fuck statism not even once

>>58490860
>so what are you idiots going to say when we actually become a police state?

We would be too desensitized to even recognize it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

>>58491238
http://www.dx.com/p/e27-female-to-gu24-male-light-lamp-bulb-adapter-converter-white-220v-258869
>>58491311
>dude cfl's last forever the one in my bedroom died this week I moved in like fucking 4 years ago
That's how long incandescent bulbs often last if you don't have any grid issues you know

>>58491311
and they cost 2-5 times what they would if I had normal connectors. I have a bunch of LED that I can't use in the ceiling lights.

>>58491362
>That's how long incandescent bulbs often last if you don't have any grid issues you know

You are flat out wrong. Incandescent bulbs last on average 1.5k hours, with outliers maybe lasting a thousand more. CFL's last 6k hours as a super-conservative estimate and usually last much longer. And that's before you take into account electric bill savings.

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>>58491069

>America would be better off if California secceeded

Yeah we dont need stupid califirnia

>>58491347

The answer is not tilting at windmills, because people will just tune you out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

>>58490796
someone should bring out a cfl bulb in GU24 just to fuck with them.

In fact, how has that not happened already?

OP, are you sure your lease agreement doesn't include something about your landlord being responsible for doing shit like changing lightbulbs?

>>58491588
Not a clue to be honest. They might

I'm surprised California hasn't banned CFLs because of the mercury or whatever.

>>58491612
I know that it's a thing in a lot of lease agreement boilerplate, and if they take on the responsibility of maintenance that may include bulb replacement. In which case, you can just bitch to the landlord if a CFL burns out.

>>58491237
most people decrying 'muh statism' and 'muh police state' have no idea how much law exists to protect and benefit them.

We could all go back to the first industrial revolution where anyone with money could essentially do or not do anything they wanted. I for one welcome not living next to open sewers and similar such trivialities.

>>58491238
>>58491585
How can you be so stupid and yet competent enough to use a computer?

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>>58491542
But CFL brightness decreases rapidly with age.

>>58491689
what is your problem cuckboy?

>>58491676
>have no idea how much law exists to protect and benefit them
>t. statist commie

>>58491676
>most people decrying 'muh statism' and 'muh police state' have no idea how much law exists to protect and benefit them.

You fucking moron, lol.

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nothing is stopping you from fitting a new socket
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Weatherproof-Socket-Black-R60-00055-000/100356874

>>58491719
please, go make your lawless society. Go on. Live in your amazing wonderland. I'll wait here and enjoy my air-conditioned house and luxury consumables that were transported around the globe twice over just so I could get fat off it.

>>58491762
yeah building codes truly are for assholes. Sewerage is for assholes too.

>>58491711
People asking why aren't there any CFLs using GU24 and people who think replacing an A19 is easier than a GU24.

>>58490670
That's the new nvidia graphics card prototype.

>>58491766
Well the law is

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>>58490820
>Especially their "contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer" messages.

>>58491801
>People asking why aren't there any CFLs using GU24
could easily have been solved by a google search but that shows just how little I cared.

>>58490746
Probably because the Edison socket is cancerous as fuck

>>58491809
wrong

it is only illegal to use adapters for an extended period of time

GU24 sockets simply ensure high efficacy lighting is being used
a standard socket can still be high efficacy if a proper bulb is used

the law for outdoor lighting simply states that high efficacy lighting must be used
OR controlled by a motion sensor and
either a photocell

>>58491719
>>58491762
Food code
Fire code
Miranda
Rules of the road
5th


And obviously for you the disabled persons act

>>58491818
Could be solved even easier by you being able to read the quote.

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Hmm, I wonder why Trump supporters prefer incandescents...

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Why don't you all just use tube lights like us asian folk have done for the decades past, present, and future?

Efficient, long lived, little lumen deprecation, and cheap.

>>58491925
>party preferences aligned with lightbulb preferences

this would explain why american democracy is a farce.

>>58491985
I wish we did. But people find them depressing.

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>>58491998
This is the new president of the USA :-)

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>>58491985
Probably because shit like this is impractical and ugly

>>58491985
CFLs are the same technology as tube lights, just in different shapes

>>58492100
Most CFLs are less efficient, depreciate quicker and don't last as long
>>58492068
Just mount a fixture on a stick.

>>58491985
Tube lights cause hallucinations if you're exposed to them too often.
Also if they break you get cancer or something.

>>58491780
>go make your lawless society
The whole world is occupied by governments already, there's no accessible place to go.

>>58492137
>Most CFLs are less efficient, depreciate quicker and don't last as long
True but fluorescent technology is irrelevant in all forms now anyway
LEDs have surpassed even straight tube CFLs in efficiency

>>58492154
Antarctica, but you'd be in violation of an international treaty I suppose.

>>58490846
>but the adapter thing for fire hazards makes sense
Ok, yeah, sure, because a housing that isn't supposed to take a high heat bulb shouldn't have one put into it.
There are regulations around that already, not just with these adapters.

>>58492149
Billions of people must hallucinate then you retard.
>>58492169
When cooled to impractical temperatures, yes. Under working conditions, no. But they turn on instantly, dim fully, and aren't damaged by cycling.

>>58492154
International Waters, but China is claiming it all now.

>>58490978
>CFL's on average last much longer than incandescent bulbs
You need to really define this because CFLs can become bad without actually "failing" but you would still replace them, increased flicker etc.

I switched to CFLs first in my room but I ended up replacing them with LEDs because they were fucking shit.

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>>58492219
>When cooled to impractical temperatures, yes.
Not true.

You can buy LED lights with over 150 lm/W today. That's 50% more efficient than tube fluorescents.

>>58491311
>dude cfl's last forever the one in my bedroom died this week I moved in like fucking 4 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

The worst thing for incandescents is actually being turned off and on, the expansion and contraction of the filament is what eventually causes them to break so if you just leave one switched on it actually does last forever.

Unlike CFLs and LEDs which degrade over time just by being on.

>>58491801
A19 is easier to change than GU24 and is more secure.
Just twist it in until it's tight, you don't have to fuck around with hole alignment or wondering if it's turned enough. The GU24 just let's the bulb hang down precariously.

>>58492322
Not an argument.
If the GU24 wasn't safe it'd be banned in California.

>>58492342
Didn't say it's not safe, just that it's not as easy to install.

>>58492219
>Billions of people must hallucinate then you retard.
Literally true. But my definition of hallucinate may be different to yours.

>>58492317
the other problem is all bulb manufacturers years ago signed a pact to not allow standard incandescents to go past 1500 hours. they could easily make them last longer but then you wouldn't buy anymore.

>>58492024
>implying he is wrong

>>58491823
Buck off barjonetnigger

>>58491547
>almonds and shitty olive oil

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>>58490860
>literal jail time for using a light bulb they don't like
>jail for using a lightbulb
>a fucking light bulb
it may not be a police state, but califagistan sure likes to get close to it

>>58490670
cali ?

>>58491811
>people should not know information

enjoy your cancer

>>58490796
>light is illegal in California

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>>58490796
Jesus Christ, California.

>>58491707

Consumer reports did actual live testing of actual CFL bulbs and found that there was no brightness or warm-up difference after 3,000 hours.

Turning them on and off is what decreases their longevity, but the kinds of lights that you actually turn on and off rapidly usually don't stay on for very long anyway.

Not that it actually matters, because LED lights are superior in pretty much every way, and those come in GU24 sockets as well. But people have their panties in a bunch over basically nothing.

>>58494322
That's fine and all but incandescent and halogen are both still better

>>58491347

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-iSl_eg5U&t=2m43s

>>58490820
It's funny because fluocompact lights are full of cancerous shit. If you break one you're getting cancer'd

>>58492630
>eating your fucking bulbs

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>>58490670
I heard stories that amerifats cant even replace a bulb but i always took it as a joke. You are truly retarded thou.
90% if not all of pic related use this.

>>58490670
Commiefornia faggotry.

t. bayfag

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>>58490796
California hates this, want to know why? Click on my non existent link to find out!

>>58495273
I actually had to use one of these to install my LED bulb.

>>58490670
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1E20PC3307

>>58492413
this

>>58495286
kek

>>58490782
California uses it to stop you using a filament bulb

Libtards leading retards

>>58495273
He installs lightbulbs of your choice with this ONE WEIRD TRICK
The state of california HATES HIM
Find out how!

>>58490670
>apartment
>outdoor light
Generally, the landlord is in charge of replacing any external lighting in an apartment complex.

You, as the tenant, cannot replace those (both legally and easily) and must ask the management to do so.

Basically, just save yourself a few bucks and just ask the manager to replace it for you, OP.

You must be 18+ to post here

>>58491898
efficacy =/= efficiency btw

>>58496234
Get out then.

>commie state too suspicious of its citizens to trust them with using the proper light bulbs without full nazi law enforcement

>>58490848
You can use halogen lamps in a GU10 socket

>>58492413
yes, you could easily make them last longer by using a thicker filament, but they would be less bright and less efficient, so to produce the same luminosity with the same colour temperature would explode your electricity bill

or you know, pick the alternative of a bright efficient bulb that breaks every now and then and costs cents to replace

>>58491547
its honestly funny how little america needs any one single state.

Id be cool with california and texas fucking right the hell off through

>>58491311
I had a run of cfl lights that ignited on fire when they were first being made.

went back to incandescent till leds were open circut boards anymore.

God damn why is California so fucking stupid? The laws, the people, holy shit. I don't want to know how it feels to live without thinking for yourself. If the state ordered that everyone be fucked in the ass by the governer at least once every month I doubt anyone would be up in arms.

>>58496755
little thicker glass, little better vacuum and there you go, ultra long lasting.