Re: fluorescent bulbs + x10

[dicko <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:51:31 -0400, "Bill Stock" <me7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Then go for it.  CFL's and X-10 do not mix well.  X-10'ers should probably
>> be barraging lamp manufacturers to address the problem.  When I return
>> these
>> bulbs, I'll hopefully be casting a vote for X-10 friendliness.
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>I was just going to ask about this. I'm surprised after all this time, that
>they haven't built a better CFL bulb.
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>I've got one socket rocket that has not worked for almost a year, but I've
>been too lazy to do any serious investigation. Although I'm pretty sure it's
>the CFLs in the outside lights. Changing brands did not solve the problem.
>The last couple of nights the lights on one aquarium would not go off, so
>I've been turning them off with the remote when I go to bed. But tonight
>this did not work. After a little head scratching I realized that the CFL
>table lamp was still turned on. Turing off this lamp solved the problem. The
>strange thing is that this lamp did not bother the aquarium lights in the
>past! Do these things generate more noise with age?
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It's not tht they generate noise, it's that they suck the X-10 signal
down to nothingness.  There's usually a big ol' capacitor right across
the line in each CFL to keep noise off the line. Of course this
attenuates any X-10 signals that happen to be present.

dickm