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Originally Posted by Paul Stenning
There would also be compatibility and customer confusion issues, because every manufacturer would have different connector types...'
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Once the transitional period through incandescent. fluorescent / CFL / LED is complete I don't see why a standard ceiling rose arrangement could be designed, produced and churned out like any other electrical fitting. This would then become a repairable (as appears to be the current mindset) or replaceable unit, as and when necessary. As for standards, every lamp manufacturer and their uncle made bayonet caps and ES by the shed-load for years which evolved into something pretty universal.
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Originally Posted by Paul Stenning
When the whole lamp only costs about £2 it just isn't worth the bother.
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But it is! It's no good folks bleating on about the environmental impact of the end product in their homes or industries when they're turning a blind eye to the cost of manufacturing and carbon impact it has. Oh, OK then - a balance has to be struck. The cost of producing an incandescent lamp from some sand, a paltry sheet of tin and a bit of tungsten is environmentally cheap but the cost of running it far outweighs any production costs. So a similar balance must be struck between churning out capacitors or other components, plastic (currently deemed the enemy) and the cost at the other end of running the things. But it's certainly not insurmountable.