Brought to mankind in the past 100 years by Edison invented the incandescent light. Today, this great invention is about to exit the stage of history. Five national ministries "Notice on the progressive ban on the import and sale of general lighting incandescent, since October 1 this year, the incandescent lamp in accordance with the power size batches delisting, with effect from October 1 this year banned the import and sales of 100-watt and above ordinary incandescent lighting by 2016 will ban the import and sale of 15 watts and above ordinary incandescent lighting.

Sell ​​incandescent inventories

Yesterday, the reporter visited the small streets and alleys of the Huai Bei Road, Huai Zhong, coal machine Street 9 hardware store, have incandescent sale, 100 watts, about $ 2 a. 9 hardware store owner have said, who is running out to buy incandescent.

Huai Bei Road Sports Avenue intersection near a hardware store owner said few residents of the home with an incandescent lamp, decoration only looking in the walls Guawan putty's uneven, with 200-watt incandescent see most clearly. Some construction sites also use incandescent lighting, because they are inexpensive, several replacement also spend much money. In addition, the corridor of some residential buildings or incandescent lamps.

Yucai street, a hardware store, next to the counter stood two large cardboard boxes filled with 100-watt and 200-watt incandescent respectively. The owner said the previous inventories, "I have heard not to sell incandescent, maybe the manufacturers are not produced, after purchase no land child into."

LED lights into the mainstream of the energy-saving lamps

In White Lamps and Huaxia Lamps, reporters respectively visited more than a dozen shops, of which only three shops sell incandescent, and the number is not more. Shop stocked mostly energy-saving lamps, salespeople recommend to their customers energy-saving lamps and LED lights.

Reporters learned in the lighting market, a 40-watt brand energy-saving lamps, priced at 20 yuan, brand cheaper. About the same brightness, LED lights will have to be sold for two hundred dollars. The reporter noted that the majority of consumers come to buy selected energy-saving lamps.

White Lighting City, a retail sales staff, told reporters that "people's awareness of energy conservation, the implementation of the price ladder at home without incandescent too much power!" This salesperson said the same brightness, energy-saving lamps and LED lamp power consumption than incandescent much smaller, they would not sell incandescent.

Energy-saving lamps LED lights are more energy

Many years engaged in the appliance repair Mr. Zhao told reporters that out of incandescent light, the development of energy-saving lamps and LED lamps, lamps on the market trend of the times. In the case of stable voltage, incandescent lamp's life expectancy is the longest. However, power consumption is the Achilles heel of incandescent same brightness, the power consumption of the energy-saving lamps and LED lamps equivalent to incandescent fifth and tenth respectively. Mr. Zhao said, LED lights cost, so the price is higher, so the energy-saving lamps accounted for most of the market share.