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Posted by Jim Yanik on October 28, 2007, 6:00 pm
alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote in
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:24:04 -0700, dgp@dodgeit.com wrote:
>
>>This post is not about using a CFL in a touch sensitive lamp, but
>>about the two sharing the same room!
>>
>>I recently installed a CFL bulb in a ceiling fixture of a bedroom that
>>also has a touch sensitive 3 way lamp plugged into a wall outlet. The
>>touch sensitive lamp was turned on while I replaced the ceiling bulb.
>>As soon as I turned on the ceiling fixture at the wall switch both the
>>CFL bulb and the touch lamp started freaking out - flickering
>>strongly, the touch lamp cycled through its brightness levels. Within
>>about 30 seconds the CFL went out and never came back on.
>>
>>I've Googled to find information about what happened but couldn't find
>>any information about using a CFL and a touch sensitive lamp in the
>>same room. Is there something wrong with the wiring in the room? HAs
>>anyone ever heard of anything like this before?
>>
>>Dave
>
> A touch lamp is a dimmer. You CAN NOT put a standard CFL on a dimmer.
> Thats what ruined it. As for the ceiling light causing the problems,
> I'd agree with the other replies. Yet, you CAN NOT put a CFL on any
> dimmer and you ruined the bulb doing so.
>
you didn't comprehend what he wrote;
"I recently installed a CFL bulb in a ceiling fixture of a bedroom that
also has a touch sensitive 3 way lamp plugged into a wall outlet.
He didn't have the CFL in the touch-lamp.
It's probably that the touch-lamp is overly sensitive to the EMI from the
CFL. Those lamps are flaky at best,IMO.
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Jim Yanik
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