I'd not think such a low wattage cfl should get in any way warm at all. I
have one in a light here and I cannot tell its on after half an hour to the
touch, though the thing did look a little odd I'm told.
I wonder why its heating up unless its a cheap under rated chinese copy
that will fall to bits when the heat glue melts liike one I had from B/Q!
Brian

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Can't quite think this through. Work has just fitted a 23W CFL in an
Anglepoise type desk lamp, replacing an 11W - I asked for a brighter bulb.

I've noticed that the shade gets very hot - maybe a little less than a CH
radiator. But still hotter than I would expect. I've also noticed that the
sticker inside seems to indicate CFL max 11W, and incandescent max 60W.

I've pointed all this out to them, but the thinking seems to be that if
it's OK for 60W, then 23W will be fine, and they can't explain the 11W.

Is this about right? Work asked me to tell them if it gets worse - but
short of burning the building down, I'm not sure what sort of thing I
should be looking for.

Slow work day . . . :-)

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Cheers, Rob