Hi Guys,
The other day, I bought a whole heap of compact fluorescent lamps to fit my house out with.
These are Philips 20W BC type things.
Anyway, I was reading in bed last night and as it was getting late I turned out the room lights and proceeded to get some sleep.
Now I know that fluorescent lamps of any kind have a faint glow after you turn them off. However, I happened to notice out of the corner of my eye that the lamps were actually flashing at about a 0.3Hz rate.
Anyone ever struck this with compact fluorescents before?.
I was rather freaked out by this when I first saw it, you naturally assume that lights should not emit light with the switch turned off.
I woke up about an hour later and they had stopped, which was a relief, I was beginning to think the lamps might be haunted. [Linked Image]