DELO72
Well-Known Member
Short answer: "No."
I was approached a few times at USITT last month by people panicking after hearing from someone else that new DoE rules would make halogen lamps obsolete. That person had heard it from someone else, who had heard it from someone else, etc. --- you know the drill and how theatre rumors work. So I took some time to research it (since at the time I wasn't aware there were new regulations coming active in July of 2023). You can do the same if you are really, really bored. -- https://www.regulations.gov/document/EERE-2021-BT-STD-0012-0022
The short takeaway is that this legislation, like all the ones before it, are about GSL types (General Service Lamps). These are the lamps you typically find at a Home Depot, Lowes, Graingers, Walmart, etc., etc., that are used in residential or office settings. The vast majority of the lamps used in the Entertainment world (and also the Medical, Airfield, Semi-conductor, UV/Life Sciences, Rapid Thermal Processing, Solar Simulation, Cinema Projection, etc.) are all considered Special Purpose Lamps and are exempt for a variety of reasons such as their use, their base type, their light output, and many other factors. So everyone please sit back, take a deep breath, take a slow swig from your preferred glass of whiskey/whisky, smile, and go back to happily using your beloved 65Q Fresnel or 26 Deg. Source Four ERS without worry. The sky is not falling.
Thank you. Please drive through.
-Mark
I was approached a few times at USITT last month by people panicking after hearing from someone else that new DoE rules would make halogen lamps obsolete. That person had heard it from someone else, who had heard it from someone else, etc. --- you know the drill and how theatre rumors work. So I took some time to research it (since at the time I wasn't aware there were new regulations coming active in July of 2023). You can do the same if you are really, really bored. -- https://www.regulations.gov/document/EERE-2021-BT-STD-0012-0022
The short takeaway is that this legislation, like all the ones before it, are about GSL types (General Service Lamps). These are the lamps you typically find at a Home Depot, Lowes, Graingers, Walmart, etc., etc., that are used in residential or office settings. The vast majority of the lamps used in the Entertainment world (and also the Medical, Airfield, Semi-conductor, UV/Life Sciences, Rapid Thermal Processing, Solar Simulation, Cinema Projection, etc.) are all considered Special Purpose Lamps and are exempt for a variety of reasons such as their use, their base type, their light output, and many other factors. So everyone please sit back, take a deep breath, take a slow swig from your preferred glass of whiskey/whisky, smile, and go back to happily using your beloved 65Q Fresnel or 26 Deg. Source Four ERS without worry. The sky is not falling.
Thank you. Please drive through.
-Mark