Lamp ratings
030622 1933 - Ed Price wrote:
Yuckio:
Such a lucid reply; too bad you're about a week too late to be relevant.
Ed
"yukio" wrote in message
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What a bunch of " DIMWITS" , deliberate pun intended. The answer to
the
question is a 60 watt lamp (ie) the fixture is rated to dissippate 60
watts
of power without becoming uncomfortably HOT . Any higher loads would
create
a potential fire hazzard !
A 88 watt rated 100 W-emulating bulb is still 88 watts !
Most of the previous replies are a study in obfuscation !
Yukio
Ed Price wrote in message
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I wonder why so many lamps are rated 60W.
I have a lot of 100W and 150W bulbs in areas where I work.
I mean, why should a mostly-metalic goosneck desk lamp say 60W?
What if I put an 88-W-arated 100-W-emulating bulb in it?
Yes...
That has already been hashed, and rehashed; over and over again.
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