And about the cfl's getting hot.. remember cfl's are very different. T-12 tubes are only 40 watts and they are 4 feet long and almost 2 inches in diameter and the ballast is located away from the bulb so the heat is spread out, therfore they only get a little warm. Those little curly bulbs however are only about 1/2 inch in diameter and only a few inches long when stretched out, also the ballast is attached to the bulb, therefore they get hot as hell. Remember the higher the wattage the hotter the light, no matter if its cfl or HID's.