Re: [mh] Lights turning on by themselves after installing dimmable CFLs?

[James A. <ja...@ar...>]

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:10:17 -0500 (EST), Scott C. Kennedy wrote
>   
>> Has anyone else seen this issue.
>>
>> Having replaced almost all my old incandescent flood lights in my house
>> with the Phillips dimmable Marathon Classic PAR38 bulbs, I am now having
>> random sporadic lights turning on and off...
>>
>> So, either....
>>
>> 1) A poltergiest is really having fun with my kitchen.
>> 2) A neighbor is now sending RF signals to freak my wife out.
>> 3) CFLs are producing RF noise to trigger the switch.
>> 4) CFLs are producing line noise to cause random X10 signalling.
>> 5) The X10 Decora switches I have don't like the dimmable CFLs
>>
>> I've changed the house codes on some of the switches doing this, but
>> haven't noticed a difference.
>>
>>     
So what happens when we are forced to all use CFL's like everyone is 
talking about in the news (laws to abandon incandescent lights)? MH is 
all I can think about when I read those.

- James