Doug Kanter wrote:
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Went to dinner at a local pizza hut. It was a zoo being valentines day.

I noted they replaced all their outdoor accent light bulbs with compact
fluroscents, a good move to save energy

However they are all mounted upside down All of my compact
fluroscents warn not to do this. I figure the heat rising from the lamp
will overheat the ballast built inside the lamp base.
worse all of these fixtures are sealed glass rounds so there is little
or no natural air circulation.

Is this a fire hazard and who should I inform?



Do *all* compact fluorescents have to be used with the base down?



I've got 26 CFs (13W to 27W) in their basement recess light fixtures.
About 10 of them are used daily. Haven't gotten any problem yet since
I put them on a year ago.

Most of those are plain CFs. (6 for $10 HomeDepot ones). But I also got
some flood CFs. Never noticed that the bases have to be down.