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Light fixture bigjcw1023 09-16-2007
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Posted by on September 16, 2007, 10:51 pm
I have an outdoor light fixture mounted to the side of the house next
to the front door under our porch. I have a compact fluorescent bulb
in the fixture and when it is on, there is a pulse to the light. I
have tried different CF bulbs and the same thing, whether higer or
lower in wattage. I currently have a 16watt bulb in there now. Does
this mean the fixture needs replacing, or what. There are two other
fixtures, both on three way switches and are fine with the CF bulbs.
Both are 26watts.


Posted by Reed on September 16, 2007, 11:27 pm
bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:
> I have an outdoor light fixture mounted to the side of the house next
> to the front door under our porch. I have a compact fluorescent bulb
> in the fixture and when it is on, there is a pulse to the light. I
> have tried different CF bulbs and the same thing, whether higer or
> lower in wattage. I currently have a 16watt bulb in there now. Does
> this mean the fixture needs replacing, or what. There are two other
> fixtures, both on three way switches and are fine with the CF bulbs.
> Both are 26watts.
>

Does this fixture share a branch circuit that has anything such as an
aquarium heater on the same circuit ?? Anything that would cycle on
and off by itself ? refrigerator, freezer, laser printer, waterbed
heater, etc

Posted by Reed on September 16, 2007, 11:32 pm
bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:
> I have an outdoor light fixture mounted to the side of the house next
> to the front door under our porch. I have a compact fluorescent bulb
> in the fixture and when it is on, there is a pulse to the light. I
> have tried different CF bulbs and the same thing, whether higer or
> lower in wattage. I currently have a 16watt bulb in there now. Does
> this mean the fixture needs replacing, or what. There are two other
> fixtures, both on three way switches and are fine with the CF bulbs.
> Both are 26watts.
>

Is it on a dimmer switch ??

Posted by on September 17, 2007, 12:20 am
> bigjcw1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have an outdoor light fixture mounted to the side of the house next
> > to the front door under our porch. I have a compact fluorescent bulb
> > in the fixture and when it is on, there is a pulse to the light. I
> > have tried different CF bulbs and the same thing, whether higer or
> > lower in wattage. I currently have a 16watt bulb in there now. Does
> > this mean the fixture needs replacing, or what. There are two other
> > fixtures, both on three way switches and are fine with the CF bulbs.
> > Both are 26watts.
>
> Is it on a dimmer switch ??

As far as a branch, I dont believe it is on anything that would cause
a disturbance. I don't believe it is a dimmer switch either.


Posted by RLM on September 17, 2007, 1:14 am
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:51:07 -0700, bigjcw1023 wrote:

> I have an outdoor light fixture mounted to the side of the house next
> to the front door under our porch. I have a compact fluorescent bulb
> in the fixture and when it is on, there is a pulse to the light. I
> have tried different CF bulbs and the same thing, whether higer or
> lower in wattage. I currently have a 16watt bulb in there now. Does
> this mean the fixture needs replacing, or what. There are two other
> fixtures, both on three way switches and are fine with the CF bulbs.
> Both are 26watts.

If you have a photo cell that turns the light on they will pulse when
turning on at dusk and off in the morning but this will burn out the
electronics in the bulb base and it will fail in a couple of months.
That's when I read the instructions on the second bulb. ;-(


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