DIY & Home Improvement

My favorite was a red and white metal sign attached to a wood stove, "wood stove may be hot." I passed on that model, treating me like that much of an idiot has never been a selling point.

It sounds like Sylvania was warning against using their bulbs anywhere water might be standing or spashed or under cloth or paper or too close to walls. Old incandescent bulbs got a lot hotter than some of the modern alternatives and could cause smoldering fires if people were stupid.

Bottom line: incandescent bulbs run hot, hot enough to have been the heat source in 1960s kiddie E=Z Bake Ovens, sufficient to produce soft cookies. Just make sure they're not in contact with water or anything combustible and you'll be fine.