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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
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Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:57:23 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <v57d9v$12v$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>There are commercial can fixtures with integral LEDs which most of the 
>big office building guys are using now instead of conventional can fixtures
>with lamps screwed into them.  I worry about them since they are not as
>easily replaced as a light bulb, but I have no personal experience with them.

Apparently there is a regulation in California that requires these
fixtures to be provided with a standard pluggable disconnect so that
they can be replaced easily.  Because California is such a big market
for energy efficiency, what sells there is also sold everywhere else
in the country.

-GAWollman

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