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Led light bulbs fire hazard.
We first spotted this warning about a fire hazard associated with cfl bulbs accompanied by a photo of a bulb made by globe electric a firm which has its head office in montreal but.
High quality led light bulbs produce light at significantly lower running.
Led light bulbs might be hot to the touch but they are nowhere near as hot as cfl halogen or incandescent bulbs.
The 120 volt led bulbs sold as 6 8 and 9 watt bulbs equivalent to 40 or 50 watts were marketed under the brand names definity ecosmart sylvania and westinghouse.
Traditional lights lose between 60 per cent and 95 per cent of their power to heat so are far more likely to be a fire risk than led lights.
Lamps that are kept on a bedside table have an even greater risk of causing a fire if an extremely hot incandescent light bulb should come in contact with a piece of clothing paper or any other flammable materiel or liquid.
The model numbers a19 g25 and r20 par20 are found on the packaging and on the light colored circular neck above the base of the bulb where the date code is also printed.
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