Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?

thanks

"Keith Hampson"  wrote in message 
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> Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
> watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
> bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
> light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
>
> thanks
>
>The wattage rating is all to do with the heat energy produced by a normal 
>tungsten filament lamp. Since your high efficiency lamps produce 
>significant lower quantities of heat then you will be ok to use any 
>available wattage of these more efficient lamps. The biggest problem you 
>will get is the space the high efficiency fluorescents take up, especially 
>with an uplighter. For that type of shade you can get a special spiral 
>wound high efficiency lamp which regrettably is not as efficient as the 
>others because of the smaller surface area. 

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:58:10 +0100, "Keith Hampson"
 babbled like a waterfall and said:


>Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
>watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
>bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
>light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
>
>thanks
>

11 watt neon max.

what does this mean, 11 watt max?


"EricP"  wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:58:10 +0100, "Keith Hampson"
>  babbled like a waterfall and said:
>
> >Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
> >watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
> >bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
> >light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> 11 watt neon max.
>

are you saying the maimum energy saving light bult to fit my light is 11
watt, ?

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:13:07 +0100, "Keith Hampson"
 babbled like a waterfall and said:


>what does this mean, 11 watt max?
>
>
>"EricP"  wrote in message
>news:hdtl519ihf3ruog4g5jbgqdad5d6qppqdr@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:58:10 +0100, "Keith Hampson"
>>  babbled like a waterfall and said:
>>
>> >Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
>> >watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
>> >bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
>> >light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
>> >
>> >thanks
>> >
>> 11 watt neon max.
>>
>

An 11 watt neon is equal to 60 watt max incandesent.

"Keith Hampson"  wrote in message 
news:d3ertg$1vg$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says 60
> watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20 watt
> bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in the
> light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
>
> thanks
>
>


I have been using 20w energy saving bulbs in my lights for a few years now 
and never had any trouble whatsoever.
The heat from the actual bulb is negligable. I can put my hand on the bulb 
whilst lit and it is only warm to the touch. Try that with a normal 100w 
bulb.
-
troubleinstore

> I have been using 20w energy saving bulbs in my lights for a few years now
> and never had any trouble whatsoever.
> The heat from the actual bulb is negligable. I can put my hand on the bulb
> whilst lit and it is only warm to the touch. Try that with a normal 100w
> bulb.
> -
> troubleinstore


Not sure what neon has to do with compact florescent lamps?

60 watts is 60 watts regardless of whether incandescent or a CFL.

Fitting a 20 watt CFL in a 60 watt fitting is something I have done for
quite a few years, especially in outside "carriage" lamps. Never had a
problem, and heat damage is never a problem, unlike fitting a 60 watt lamp
in an enclosed 60 watt fitting..................

You'd be hard pushed to find a 60W CFL! 26W is the best I've seen which I
use in some '60W max' shades and of course they're fine as they don't
produce as much heat. As the man says '60W is 60W' whether it's incandescent
or CFL. CFL's don't seem to give as much light as the incandescent of the
wattage they're meant to be equivalent too - so get the highest wattage you
can fit in the fitting if you don't want to be in the gloom.


"Doctor D"  wrote in message
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>
> > I have been using 20w energy saving bulbs in my lights for a few years
now
> > and never had any trouble whatsoever.
> > The heat from the actual bulb is negligable. I can put my hand on the
bulb
> > whilst lit and it is only warm to the touch. Try that with a normal 100w
> > bulb.
> > -
> > troubleinstore
>
> Not sure what neon has to do with compact florescent lamps?
>
> 60 watts is 60 watts regardless of whether incandescent or a CFL.
>
> Fitting a 20 watt CFL in a 60 watt fitting is something I have done for
> quite a few years, especially in outside "carriage" lamps. Never had a
> problem, and heat damage is never a problem, unlike fitting a 60 watt lamp
> in an enclosed 60 watt fitting..................
>
>

"John"  wrote in message 
news:d3haho$gki$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...

> You'd be hard pushed to find a 60W CFL! 26W is the best I've seen which I
> use in some '60W max' shades and of course they're fine as they don't
> produce as much heat. As the man says '60W is 60W' whether it's 
> incandescent
> or CFL. CFL's don't seem to give as much light as the incandescent of the
> wattage they're meant to be equivalent too - so get the highest wattage 
> you
> can fit in the fitting if you don't want to be in the gloom.
>
>
> "Doctor D"  wrote in message
> news:425bd89b$0$63415$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>>
>> > I have been using 20w energy saving bulbs in my lights for a few years
> now
>> > and never had any trouble whatsoever.
>> > The heat from the actual bulb is negligable. I can put my hand on the
> bulb
>> > whilst lit and it is only warm to the touch. Try that with a normal 
>> > 100w
>> > bulb.
>> > -
>> > troubleinstore
>>
>> Not sure what neon has to do with compact florescent lamps?
>>
>> 60 watts is 60 watts regardless of whether incandescent or a CFL.
>>
>> Fitting a 20 watt CFL in a 60 watt fitting is something I have done for
>> quite a few years, especially in outside "carriage" lamps. Never had a
>> problem, and heat damage is never a problem, unlike fitting a 60 watt 
>> lamp
>> in an enclosed 60 watt fitting..................



Seconded

Adam

Keith Hampson wrote:


> Hi, I have lust bought a new light fir the living room, on it is says
60
> watt max, however I use energy saving light bulbs, which means a 20
watt
> bulb is equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, so can I use one of these in
the
> light, or is this still classed as 100 watt?
>
> thanks



Yes no prolbem. Your light fitting can cope with 60w of heat, so 20w
will be fine.

having said that, the bigger cfl bulbs often cant cope in enclosed
fittings, so if its a glass ball type you might find bulbs die quickly
on you.

Finally the claimed equivalent figs are massaged, the real equivalency
ratio is 3.5-4. So if you really want 100w, you dont want a 20.


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