Re: X10 and fluorescent lights

["P J" <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"dicko" <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some brands of bulb work OK, others create noise.
>
> I have a whole bunch of Greenlite bulbs that are x-10 compatible.
> They're several years old so I dont know if they're changed the recipe
> for them.
> I had problems with Lights of America and Fein.  I ended up wiring a
> humongus 1mh choke in series with each fixture to get them to work.
>
> A bit more expensive, I also have wired a Leviton 6287  5amp Universal
> blocking filter in series with the fixture to get it to work too.

I only bought one of those fluorescent replacement bulbs once for a
non-X10 circuit for trial. It was advertised as lasting much longer than
incandescent bulbs, but in my case it lasted much shorter. Though it may
have been just a statistical anomaly, I haven't tried another one since.
pj