It’s true! In fact, there are twenty-two types of incandescent lamps that are exempt from the new efficiency standards outlined in EISA:

1. Appliance lamps
2. Black light lamps
3. Bug lamps
4. Colored lamps
5. Infrared lamps
6. Left-hand thread lamps
7. Marine lamps
8. Marine’s signal service lamps
9. Mine service lamps
10. Plant light lamps
11. Reflector lamps
12. Rough service lamps
13. Shatter-resistant lamps (including shatter-proof and shatter-protected)
14. Sign service lamps
15. Silver bowl lamps
16. Showcase lamps
17. 3-way incandescent lamps
18. Traffic signal lamps
19. Vibration service lamps
20. G-shape lamps with a diameter of 5” or more
21. T-shape lamps that use no more than 40W or are longer than 10”
22. B, BA, CA, F, G16-1/2, G-25, G-30, M-14, or S lamps of 40W or less