Vanity Light Wattage question.

Hey all, I have a small electrical question.

I want to start a new closet grow and I'm looking at the vanity fixtures. I want to use a 3 light vanity fixture, and the twin splitters so I can have 6 CFL's total.
Now the vanity light I'm looking at says 60W Max.
My question is do I have to add the wattage of the bulbs together in one socket, or can I put say two 45’s in each. In other words, is the max, per bulb, or per socket.
Thanks.

I believe it's 60W bulbs max, meaning you could do what you want. Two 45's would be 90, so you couldn't do that. Either use 2 vanity lights with 3-45's in them, or use 1 with 2-23-30's in each socket with a splitter. Check to see how much it'll cost total, sounds like you'd be better off with 2 or 3 4' flourescent fixures costwise.

Thanks for the reply.

I've got my mind set on the fixture, due to space restrictions.
I was going to go with 6-27W CFL's but I saw this thread...

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=31605&highlight=red+greenery

My growbox uses 6 x 42W CFL lights for 252W @ 100W/sqft.

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Mine say the same thing and I have 4 x 23w on each one.
Been running like it for years.
I think it is 60w per socket and it would seem the socket itself is the threat, with it overheating and/or cracking. Really aint much more to the vanity light aside from that.

This also a good photo, for you folks to see a comparison between old bulbs and new bulbs.
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