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Default new light bulb question

Don Klipstein wrote:
I did a bit of testing with a few different lightbulbs and a non-contact
thermometer and in my limited testing a 42 watt compact fluorescent heats
up a fixture as much as a 60 watt incandescent does, maybe slightly worse.


42-watt equivalent, or 42 actual watts consumed?

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