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True-- but irrelevant to the discussion. This is a use for an incandescent bulb for which its light-generating properties are secondary to its electrical characteristics (but nevertheless useful). Presumably a 144-ohm 100-watt resistor would do, but not as well because (a) they're much more expensive and (b) they don't provide the immediate visual indication of current a light bulb does. In some applications (though probably not current-limiting for devices such as SMPSUs), they might not do because they don't vary their resistance depending on current, which incandescent bulbs do. ...none of which function, electrically, like incandescent bulbs. Halogens are still incandescent and presumably would be covered by a ban on incandescent bulbs. An incandescent bulb is cheap, easy, simple, damn near foolproof, and provides immediate visual feedback on how much current it's carrying. It is probably possible to build a current limiter that provides immediate visual feedback. I challenge you, or anyone for that matter, to come up with such a design that is as cheap, easy, simple, and foolproof as an incandescent bulb. (Well, not cheap once the ban hits, which is the problem.) /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B