"Romanoda" wrote in message
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It seems like many modern light fixtures say that you should use no more
than a 60-watt bulb. In doing some learning about compact fluorescent
bulbs, I see that a 23 watt CFL provides around the same amount of lumens
as a 100-watt incandescent bulb (1600, compared to 800 lumens from a
60-watt incandescent).

So it seems like I should be able to replace a 60-watt incandescent bulb
with a 23-watt CFL and get twice as much light, while still staying well
below the fixture's limit of 60 watts... Is that correct?? It somehow
feels like cheating...

Yes and no.
It is safe to do it, but the heat will likely shorten the life of the CFL.
I read that somewhere...
Just make sure you don't have a dimmer on the circuit unless the bulbs are
designed for dimmers.