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Default receptacle wattage vs. sockets load. Lights on, please :)

metspitzer wrote:
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:50:24 -0600, The Daring Dufas
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HeyBub wrote:
Aaron Eel (Ehrin) wrote:
Hi... I'm Ehrin

I have a light bulb issue. Originally, the ceiling receptacle in my
daughter’s room was rigged for a ceiling fan with an independent
light, both on separate pull-strings. The light part of the fan
circuit board died so I bought a new three-way 60 watt each light
fixture. Now... my question is as follows.... The original light
socket had a label that said no more than 60 watts in that socket. Can
I use all three 60 watt bulbs on this one new fixture? I used to put
100 watt bulbs in the receptacle in other rooms of my home until I
noticed they were melting the wiring here and there. Is it 60 watts
total per ceiling receptacle or 60 watts each socket off that
receptacle?


Thanks, guys!


Lloyd's eel Aaron

(Ehrin Lloyd)
Go to Walmart. Get three 60-watt (equivalent) compact florescent light (CFL)
bulbs. You're done.

A "60-watt" compact florescent bulb doesn't really USE sixty watts (it
actually uses about 12 watts). The "watt" designation on a compact
florescent bulb means it puts out light equivalent to a 60-watt incandescent
(old style) bulb.

The manufacturers of CFLs use the "watt" equivalence rating because nobody
knows what the heck a "lumen*" is.

---------
1 Lumen = 1 candela x 1 steradian = 1 lux x meter**2


Light Bulb Depot sells a CFL that actually draws 80 watts.
The freaking thing is the size of an American football.
GEEZ! Does it ever put out some light!

TDD


I bought one once. I don't have a lamp in the house that will hold
it.


Do you have a barn or outbuilding that has only
a single overhead porcelain lampholder? That's
where you use that monster.

TDD
 
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