On Nov 14, 8:49*pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 11/14/2009 6:34 PM Gordon Shumway spake thus:

SWMBO just bought a new table lamp for the desk in our computer room.
This lamp will be replacing one that uses two (2) 75 watt Incandescent
bulbs. *This new lamp uses only one (1) bulb. *The label says "60 watt
Incandescent or 15 watt CFL maximum." *This will probably not be
enough light for my old eyes.

I was under the impression that maximum wattage for a given fixture
was because of the fixtures ability to withstand the heat produced by
the bulb. *If that's true wouldn't one be able to use a higher output
CFL relative to the incandescent because of the lower heat the CFL
bulbs produce?

I would like to use the equivalent to a 100 watt incandescent, a 23
watt CFL. *Good or bad idea?

Bad idea. It's a myth that CFLs don't produce lots of heat. They do.

I now turn the discussion over to Don Klipstein ...

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Who needs a junta or a dictatorship when you have a Congress
blowing Wall Street, using the media as a condom?

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CFLs produce about 75% less heat than incandesant. Why do you think
they are more efficent. Obviously the lamp was mislabeled.