"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Peter Hucker wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:56:05 -0000, Michael A. Terrell
wrote:


Peter Hucker wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:24:05 -0000, Michael A. Terrell
wrote:


Peter Hucker wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:16:06 -0000, Michael A. Terrell
wrote:


Peter Hucker wrote:

I don't get how you manage to overheat something with a quarter
of the heat input, no.


You really are dense, aren't you? The CFL isn't rated to
operate
anywhere near the temperature an incandescent lamp produces. It
isn't
glass metal & high temperature cement. Some parts aren't even
rated to
stand boiling water. Some fixtures hold in more heat than
others. They
are designed to handle the extra heat. Put a wimpy CFL inside
that
fixture and it will die a quick death. Sometimes with a free
lightshow
& fireworks.

I've got a CFL (100watt equivalent) in a completely enclosed glass
fitting in the bathroom. It has lasted just fine.

I don't think I'd want a fitting that could hold the heat enough to
make a CFL get to 100C. That would mean an incandescent would get
a lot hotter than that! What of the surrounding stuff, like the
ceiling?


You really are dense, aren't you? The fixtures ARE DESIGNED FOR
THE
HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURE.

Yes, and so was Chernobyl. I prefer not to have things that hot
inside my house.


Well, we don't have to worry about any of your bright ideas setting
the world on fire. For someone who claims to have a honors degree in
Physuics, you don't know anything. Do you ever cook anything, or do
you
live on birdseed?

An oven is not mounted on the ceiling. An oven does not have plastic
parts (in the actual light socket) that can become brittle with age and
heat.


You said: " I prefer not to have things that hot inside my house.",
so you are either quite ignorant, or just another liar.


PHucker frequently get confused about something he or someone else has said,
then gets in an argument with anyone who corrects him.