On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:19:22 -0500, "=" wrote:


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On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:32:46 -0500, "Tomsic" wrote:


"Joe Mastroianni" wrote in message
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I have a desk lamp of the "brave little toaster" style which says to use
a 60W bulb.

Inside the light, it 'says' 60 watts.
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12036539.jpg

My wife insists on a 75 Watt flood, which gives the right amount of
light, but it gets hot as blazes.

How much do you think 125% over the maximum matters?

If the desk lamp also has a UL or CSA sticker, then a 60 watt bulb was
used
to test and approve the fixture for electrical and fire safety. Using a
75
watt bulb voids that listing. If you were to have a fire that was traced
to
the desk lamp and if the fire inspector determined that you had
over-wattaged the lamp, then your fire insurance could be disallowed.

Bull**** called.

That's not very likely, of course, but it has happened.

Citation needed.

Likely it was in the "Residential Electrical System Aging Research Report"
published by UL a few years ago. I think it's on line.

IOW, you can't cite an example. We knew that.