On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:18:35 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:

You've been trying for a couple days now to get somebody to tell you it's OK to put a 75W bulb
in a fixture labelled 60W max. You obviously refuse to accept the idea that the rating is there
for a reason, and you obviously intend on doing what you want to do, regardless of the UL
listing, regardless of all the advice you have received to the contrary -- so why don't you just
shut up and go do it?

I think you missed the post from this morning (9:03am)
showing that I followed the overwhelming advice o the
group and bought a SMALL set of CFLs to install into
the lamps.

Here's what I had written:
I followed your advice and found shorter CFL bulbs.
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12046713.jpg

They have about half the light but they don't stick out anymore.
And, those Halogen 75 Watt Par30 bulbs were blazing hot!

The CFL is almost cool to the touch so it's a good solution
that fits the problem set without too many compromises.