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I bought a whole bunch of these 60 watt light output but using only 14 watts of power light bulbs, at Home Depot and have been replacing the builder installed lightbulbs all over the house. Some fixtures are 60 watt bulbs so no problem there - but I just opened one with a warning lable saying use only 40 watts max (which the builder had two 60's in)!

My question is: Since these only use 14 watts am I OK putting them in a fully enclosed ceiling mounted fixture that has a 40 watt max or even a 25 watt max for that matter (got two of those two). Am I correct in assuming that the issue is heat generation? While these little spirals do get warm they are no where as hot as incandescent.

The thing I like about these is they put out a better light (I think), will cut my lighting bill (package claims by 46.00 a bulb per year at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, my rates are lower though) and best of all last 7 years.

Thanks