The Saga of the Hall Light

[mneme]

So, last night, we came home at, I dunno, 9:30 or so, turned on the hall light as we came in--and it flickered and then went out. Light was dead

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Re: The Saga of the Hall Light

[goldslaw]

I hope that trick works. Old-style dimmers (basically rheostats) don't work with CFCs at all. 70s-era dimmers (triacs or Silicon Controlled Rectifiers) have a history of blowing out with a fluorescent load.

RE: Re: The Saga of the Hall Light

[mneme]

Works fine.

I installed the dimmer as a cfc-friendly dimmer last year, since the one in place when we moved in had no off switch (just dim to 0) and regularly had the plastic knob fall off.