seen in Wilko
Glass Orb Shade
bulb 60w max or energy saving 12w max

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyshots/8265627039/


rusty

"therustyone" wrote in message
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seen in Wilko
Glass Orb Shade
bulb 60w max or energy saving 12w max

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyshots/8265627039/


Look back to the 20th November for the thread titled
"Lamp shade bulb power ratings"
which starts
"Got a lampshade from The Range and the sticker inside says
"Lamp shape picture of traditional bulb shape 60W
Lamp shape picture of CFL 12W"

This has me puzzling.
Is there something about CFLs which makes the base much hottter than a
traditional bulb?
What about the CFLs with a globe around the outside which look like
traditional lamps?
Or has someone done a dumb thing and thought "The equivalent to a 60W
filament bulb is a 12W CFL so that is the maximum size of CFL to fit"?

Struggling to find the logic here."

Some discussion ensues :-)

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On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:58:29 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

Or has someone done a dumb thing and thought "The equivalent to a 60W
filament bulb is a 12W CFL so that is the maximum size of CFL to fit"?

That will be the reason ;-)

Regards
David

On 12/12/2012 09:11, David wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:58:29 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

Or has someone done a dumb thing and thought "The equivalent to a 60W
filament bulb is a 12W CFL so that is the maximum size of CFL to fit"?

That will be the reason ;-)

Regards
David

Witness that it has taken all these years for someone to think as far as
mentioning CFLs at all in this regard! How long before they notice LED
lamp bulbs?

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On 12/12/12 09:11, David wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:58:29 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

Or has someone done a dumb thing and thought "The equivalent to a 60W
filament bulb is a 12W CFL so that is the maximum size of CFL to fit"?

That will be the reason ;-)


I expect some dumb spotty teenager on work experience was given the job,
and looked it up and said '60W bulb = 12W CFL ' and stuck it in and no
one else really gave a ****.

Regards
David



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diminishing number of producers.

On Dec 12, 8:58*am, "David WE Roberts" wrote:
"therustyone" wrote in message

...

seen in Wilko
Glass Orb Shade
bulb 60w max or energy saving 12w max

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyshots/8265627039/

Look back to the 20th November for the thread titled
"Lamp shade bulb power ratings"
which starts
"Got a lampshade from The Range and the sticker inside says
"Lamp shape picture of traditional bulb shape 60W
Lamp shape picture of CFL 12W"

This has me puzzling.
Is there something about CFLs which makes the base much hottter than a
traditional bulb?

The issue is that the base contains the electronics. Using them in
pendant fitting, where they hang downwards, especially with close
fitting shades, is known to cook the electronics and shorten the life.

MBQ

On 12/12/2012 08:05, therustyone wrote:
seen in Wilko
Glass Orb Shade
bulb 60w max or energy saving 12w max

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyshots/8265627039/


rusty


yes.

CFLs tend to use plastic bases and burn if they are enclosed well before
a GLS lamp will.
Did it have a plastic lamp holder?