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I have this 5 prong light stand with a sticker on it saying.
"Class "A" 60 Watt or smaller to reduce risk of fire"
I know class A means the regular incandescent bulbs. But really any bulb of that that wattage or less usually works in the sockets safely.
But as a precaution, I looked up a style like my lightstand trying to find out how they do with CFLs.
I found a one similar at the Walmart site. But theirs had a max of only carrying 5-23 watt bulbs max. And said their max CFL wattage was 9.
What is the difference? Does that stat balance out for all sockets?
Does that mean in my 60watt sockets the most I could use is like 20watt bulbs?
I dont see the difference. A watt used is a watt used to me.
"Class "A" 60 Watt or smaller to reduce risk of fire"
I know class A means the regular incandescent bulbs. But really any bulb of that that wattage or less usually works in the sockets safely.
But as a precaution, I looked up a style like my lightstand trying to find out how they do with CFLs.
I found a one similar at the Walmart site. But theirs had a max of only carrying 5-23 watt bulbs max. And said their max CFL wattage was 9.
What is the difference? Does that stat balance out for all sockets?
Does that mean in my 60watt sockets the most I could use is like 20watt bulbs?
I dont see the difference. A watt used is a watt used to me.