No, just the opposite. The voltage rating is the bulb rating as to how much voltage they are designed to handle. If you apply 125 volts from your source to a bulb rated for 120 volts, it is like putting 125 PSI pressure on a hose only rated to withstand 120 PSI. The only bad effect on a higher rated voltage bulb is that they will last longer, but put out less light.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "greatyoga" <greatyoga@...> wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> Do the lower voltage bulbs last longer and break less easy?
>
> Thanks
> GB
>
> > I can only say this. Companies depend on advertising claims.
> > I ALWAYS, get alight, remove the bulbs for back-up,
> > and replace them with whatever is 100 w fewer.
> > I get a 250 - twin? I replace w/pairof 150's.
> >
> > In an attic, I must work beside these. They get HOT!
> > Another error is stated, ~"do not point the window
> > glass, up." Maybe I get away with this as I use cooler
> > bulbs? I like old Hondas. They run cool. I STILL add oil
> > coolers to some of them. Mil Spec designers add a
> > co-efficient of safety, that is naught more than a cooling
> > exponent.
> >
> > Has worked for me. Might try it. The light isn't so hot
> > if you bump against it, too! Cheap-fix!?! I likey...!
> >
> > BillSF9c
> >
>
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