will my lamp catch on fire?

KannaBitch

KannaBitch

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My lamp says that it takes 60w type a or smaller. My light bulb says "8w/14w/23w 120vac 60hz for use with 3 way sockets only." Will this overheat my lamp?
 
PlasmaRadio

PlasmaRadio

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Three way socket... sounds hot.

Anyway, give it a go. I doubt you are gonna burn your house down, but you aren't gonna be growing quality weed with that dinky thing anyway.
 
E=MC420

E=MC420

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I am pretty sure the 3 way is intended to be like a staged dimmer (hi, med, low setting). You may not be able to get the bulb to its high setting w/ your lamp. Try it out but you may want to move to a single stage - they are more powerful and use same wattage
 
maryjanelover

maryjanelover

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plug it into a power strip with a built in circut breaker,if anything happens it will trip the circut breaker befor it catches on fire. i was scared of fires when i first started growing. getting a power strip calmed my nerves alot
 
KannaBitch

KannaBitch

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Does any power strip work or is this a special one? Beucase I have one here... just a normal noe nothing special. I just plugged my lamp and fan into it.
 
Dabu

Dabu

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Ya, I wouldn't worry about anything under 40 watts catching fire, regardless of the socket.
 
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