european ban

[robert fallis]

does anyone Know what effect the european ban on frosted light bulbs will have on enlarger lamps?
some of us still use vintage enlargers

bob

[IanG]

They have already been dropped by the major manufacturers, through lac of demand. However a small company is making them instead but at a far higher price.

Some bulbs will be allowed for specialist uses, so if there's no alternative low energy bulb them you should be OK.

Ian

[Sevo]

None at all, it is only a ban on lighting bulbs, not on any special purpose ones. Sinking demand is a much greater problem. Some large opaque white bulb sizes (as used in ULF enlargers and copy equipment) have been out of production since a decade and old stock is now getting scarce. But it should not be too hard to build a replacement from a halogen socket and the glass off a old bulb or a similar shape white opaque glass dome whenever spares finally run out.

Sevo