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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 552672" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>No...</p><p>Electricity always generates heat as it passes though a circuit..</p><p>higher wattage = more current..</p><p>more current = more heat..</p><p></p><p>Heat is produced in the cables, connectors and everywhere that the electricity flows..</p><p></p><p>The heat you are referring to, (the wasted energy from producing the light), is not the only heat that needs to be considered by manufactures when they specify what their products are designed for.. </p><p></p><p>The contacts inside the pendant connector itself will get warmer during use, and these are obviously enclosed to prevent people touching live parts, so they are not in free air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 552672, member: 250"] No... Electricity always generates heat as it passes though a circuit.. higher wattage = more current.. more current = more heat.. Heat is produced in the cables, connectors and everywhere that the electricity flows.. The heat you are referring to, (the wasted energy from producing the light), is not the only heat that needs to be considered by manufactures when they specify what their products are designed for.. The contacts inside the pendant connector itself will get warmer during use, and these are obviously enclosed to prevent people touching live parts, so they are not in free air. [/QUOTE]
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