"indago" wrote in message
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050429 2145 - KTwo posted:

I have a recessed light above my sink that is eating bulbs. About every
4th day the the R19 buld in the can burns out. I've checked the
connections in the switch box and replaced the switch - to no avail.
Any other suggestions?
Thx
-K2

Sounds like a heat problem. Try one of the new fluorescent screw-in
lamps.
They run a lot cooler. One of the new "40 watt" equivalent lamps is
labeled
to draw 10 watts, and after about a minute, brightens up and seems to have
a
lumens equivalent of at least a 50 watt incandescent lamp.

Have a 3-60W bulb kitchen fixture that was failing bulbs well before they
should have died--heat was the problem. Put in two 23 W new fluorescent
screw-in lamps (equiv to 100 W) and what a difference. Runs much cooler
with significantly more light. Left in one 60W bulb. Now have Lumens equal
to 260W (vs. 180) while actually using 106W. Thinking of replacing the
remaining 60W bulb except that it might be too bright now. g
MLD