[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

I wish I had the same experience, and I'm glad yours haven't acted this way, but PLEASE be mindful that this can happen. These pics are of the one which falied in our barn, and had it not been for the fact that the barn is built of asbestos siding and a steel roof on a concrete floor, we'd have lost it, and since this happened during a Santa Ana Wind, it likely would have taken out other buildings and a few hundred acres of wildlands. The County of Ventura, CA fire marshal put out a public warning about CFL bulbs, and stated that they should never be used in lamps with paper or cloth shades, and never in recessed ceiling "can" lights.

Charles

Yikes!
Thanks for the heads up! interesting comment about the fire marshal as well. Could you tell from the charred remains if the lamp was indeed fused?
jr