[stomachmonkey]

Seems every new fixture these days calls for low watt bulbs which is driving my wife nuts.

Spent the weekend on a fan for my daughters room.

My wife found and bought a light kit that she liked.

Problem is it was a 3 stage paint job so good luck finding a fan that matches it.

Well if you are my wife this is not an issue, you just buy a fan whose style you like and have your husband (me) completely disassemble (voiding warranty and any chance at returning it) and repaint to match the light kit.

Problem is the bulbs, the kit says no more than a 25 watt type B bulb. 3 lights on the kit so it's really not nearly enough output for the room.

Ran to Lowes and picked up 3 40W fluorescent's which only draw like 7 watts a piece so that should work.

But the insulation/ballast on the bottom of all the fluorescent bulbs is too large to fit the shade on the light kit.

So we are back to traditional bulbs.

Is it really that big a deal to put a 40W when the manufacturer lists 25W as max?

What is the reason for the low wattage warning anyway?