High-wattage reading lamps are terrific.
If a bulb goes out, the wattage change is read by the sensors and converted into a digital message by the computer.
Check the side of the reading lamp's base to see if a particular wattage or type of bulb is required before replacing the bulb, particularly if you are considering changing types of bulb.
Obviously, if the task of the lamp is to assist you while reading or drawing, then the lamp should have a higher wattage.
Smith was overshadowed by higher-wattage comic writers of the time, like S. J. Perelman and James Thurber, but reading his whimsical, nearly plotless tales of human entanglements with blithe spirits cavorting in the material world, one suspects he may not have entertained terribly lofty ambitions anyway.
Lest it sound as if "Fish, Blood and Bone" is kicky gothic camp, I hasten to add that reading it is akin to Claire's rooting around in that basement, a place she describes as "a series of sub-basements that probably once served as utility rooms: a single, crusted window level with the garden's grass, four or five grimy little chambers lit by low-wattage light bulbs off a narrow central corridor".
Avoid decorative purpose lamps which use small socket bulbs because your reading wattage bulb choices will be too dim.
Looking into the reflector from the front, you can read the voltage & wattage.
"If illuminated," reads the literature, "provide lighting details, including wattage, fixture type and color, spacing, shielding color and location of wiring and equipment, and all information to show compliance with S.330-207 of the Town Code.
Perhaps he's got the wrong wattage of eco bulbs in the cave and can't read the latest stuff.
Be aware that a "good" heating element will read a very low value (between 10 and 20 ohms depending on wattage of the element and possibly read as 0 ohms depending on your meter).
