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William Sommerwerck William Sommerwerck is offline
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Default Screw in flourescent light bulbs.

A hell of a lot more often than with incandescent lamps. A lot of
incandescent fixtures are not designed for safe operation of CFLs.


It would be more-correct to say that the CFL is not appropriate for the
fixture.

Some CFLs, I believe, are marked as not being suitable for "upside-down"
installation, because in this position they'll overheat if there isn't
sufficient circulation.