Page 1 of 2
iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:29 pm
by thorncollector
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:57 pm
by Oliver
Hardly see any mercury lighting now
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:02 pm
by FrontSideBus
Only about 20 years after everybody else lol
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:02 pm
by Slyspark
Not a huge surprise these days to be fair.
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:25 pm
by Oliver
I wonder how many manufactures will still be selling fluorescent tubes in 10 years.
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:52 pm
by Danny
Non i reckon.
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:57 pm
by Slyspark
Sadly, other than special application fluorescent (Mainly UV) I doubt any will be.
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:24 pm
by Ash
Private lighting manufacturing company, built by our own hands
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:33 pm
by Slyspark
All well and good if we can dodge the various bans - such as mercury. No good making something that would be classed as illegal. Need a way around the regs as well as the means to actually make the items in the first place...
Re: iwasaki have pulled the plug on mercs in japan
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:09 pm
by Oliver
Put a red sleeve on standard tubes and say they are for a "special application" like those Philips ex M.O.D tubes I have. Then take sleeve off for a normal tube.
In 10 years, I think eventually T8 will go then T5 will be last so we should still be able to get 8w tubes and other T5 tubes for a while yet I hope.
https://www.whitecroftlighting.com/prod ... -duralite/
They have just stopped selling them. There's a car park I know that have used them and they were installed recently.