g9 bulb (ceiling fitting flush) Heat problems

[ianphilip007]

hello all

in a 230mm diameter flush ceiling fitting does anyone think a g9 bulb will create enough heat to possibly damage the wiring enclosed above im pretty sure it wont as no heat sheathing was provided for the light fitting wiring just wondered how much heat these bulbs produce.

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[ianphilip007]

any ideas ?? i have a small desk lamp that gets hot on the outer case

 

[Richard Burns]

The light fitting is presumably designed to have this wiring above it as there sounds like there is little space for it to go elsewhere, so it should be OK. However if you are worried then applying heat resistant sleeving over the wiring should mitigate the effects.