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Originally Posted by Eskimo
I wouldn't bank on that damage necessarily being caused solely by using a 100 W bulb in a 75 W fixture.
A poor electrical connection can result in local resistive heating that really cooks things. Use of a higher-wattage lamp would of course aggravate such a condition (higher current, more resistive heating).
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Interesting. The connections to the socket are rivets done in the factory (you can see them in the second picture). The other end of the wires terminate in a molded connector that plugs into the recessed light trim. Doesn't seem likely that either end would be a poor connection.
BTW, this fixture was installed 21 years ago when I built the house.