From: Jim Prescott 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: fluorescent bulbs
Date: 15 Dec 2006 18:10:35 -0500

In article <6ad15f757f749@uwe>, Michael_S  wrote:
>Lamps usually have a maximum allowed watt light that may be used in them
>(many have a 60 or 100 watt limit).  If you are converting to compact
>fluorescent bulbs, which limit value do you use?  The equivalent light output
>or the wattage that the bulb uses?

The wattage.  The limits are just to make make sure you don't exceed
the current the lamp's internal wires are designed for, or possibly
the amount of heat the lamp or fixture can dissipate.

>If rated at 60 watts how big a compact fluorescent can you use?

Probably way larger than you'll be able to buy.  A 60 watt CF would be
comparable to a ~240W incandescent.  I'm not sure anyone sells CFs
that large.
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Jim Prescott - Computing and Networking Group	jgp@seas.rochester.edu
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester, NY