"Doug Kanter" wrote in
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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?




First,I would not consider this "really unsafe";it just means the lamps
will fail sooner,the heat shortening the life of electrolytic caps in the
ballast.They aren't going to last forever,anyways.

Being outdoors,it's probably not any serious fire hazard,either.

To answer your Q,not all compact FLs must be used base-down.
(just the cheap ones.)

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