You COULD put a CFL in the porch light and have it driven by a light-sensitive switch. Leave it on all the time. It would deter evil-doers lurking in your yard, all the ready for mischief. It would welcome visitors who would not stumble on your darkened steps.
'Course it would cost an itty-bit more, but what's a few bucks when we're talking about your safety or that of your mother-in-law?
I've got TEN surrounding my duplex. So far, I've not been troubled by a midnight goblin or a rickety mother-in-law.
How about a 50 watt incandescent bulb (halogen) that gives the same light output that the 100 watt standard bulb did? I just saw some samples at the Dallas Lighting Show. It's also rated for 1500 hours and will supposedly sell for $2-3. I like the 50% energy saving for the same light output.
Sorry that you have a limited imagination and can't imagine how leaving a fixture on all the time on an old house with old dry siding and crappy wiring could be a problem. Maybe they could fire all of the state police fire marshals and lab folks and just have you stop over and declare "I can't see how this fire started"?
And juvenile name calling makes you look like a genius (think about it)?. Sorry that you don't get the idea that this is a discussion group where people may mention things that you reject maybe because you don't understand them or things can only be the way you believe them to be that can be quite correct...
Show us some cases where a fire was started by the use of a 100W ordinary light bulb in an outside fixture. I'll even take one where the fixture was not rated for a 100W bulb. I'm betting you can't.
I've been discussing topics here for years before you showed up. And about 3 of us in this thread don't buy your claim:
"Isn't using 100 watt bulbs in a closet and in outside home light a little risky? There was a house fire right down the road from us and the cause was found to be a 100w bulb in a outside residential fixture. "
So, show us a link to that fire or any other fire where the investigators concluded the cause of the fire was a 100W bulb. Not a defective light fixture. Not putting a 100W bulb in a fixture only rated for 60W. One where it was simply that someone put a 100W light bulb in a closet or outdoors.
Even putting a 100W bulb in a fixture rated for only 60W isn't likely to produce a fire or there would be one hell of a lot of fires all over the place. Certainly not a good idea to do it, but anyone with experience has come across lots of fixtures where it was done. Many times the little sticker that says do not exceed 75W has fallen off. If this was a significant cause of fires starting, there would be homes on fire from it all over.
Not being able to find the cause is probably closer to reality. I seriously doubt a bulb started it. But the insurance companies have to name something. In my friends house they blamed mice. LMAO!!
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