"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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(Andrew Gabriel) writes:
A 30W compact fluorescent is likely to get too hot in a 60W
fitting. The fitting won't come to any harm, but a compact
fluorescent won't be happy running anywhere near the temperature
of a regular bulb and the control gear might not last as long.

Just thought of another idea. The heat comes mainly from the
tube itself and that doesn't mind getting hot. It's the control
gear which doesn't like getting hot. You could adapt the light
to take a remotely ballasted compact fluorescent so the control
gear is away from the source of heat. Also, such lamps are smaller
(as they don't contain control gear) and may fit in the light
better. You'd have to change the lampholder and it can be tricky
obtaining and fitting lampholders for compact fluorescents with
separate control gear.

Is it even legal ? This is high voltage low radio frequency energy and
without shielded cable a remote fitting should cause lots of lovely EMC.