[XCSSA] Solar and Green events in SA

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On Tuesday 15 May 2007 08:53, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Then you must be buying the wrong brand. I get the cheap spiral 15W
> bulbs from Home Depot, and on a Slashdot thread a while ago, it was
> looking like those really do seem to be some of the better bulbs.
> Noisy bulbs and dying bulbs are rare among them, and they don't slow-
> start.

Oh.. Bruce.. and our other X10 geeks out there.. these florescent bulbs use a 
built in HV mini power inverter I think.. and they don't like X10 lamp 
modules feeding them that dirty PWM switched AC signal.. so if you're 
controlling your lights with X10, you have to switch to the clack-clack style 
appliance modules:
	http://www.smarthome.com/2001.html
	(300Watts max.. no problem)

Tweeks