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Article #9347Re: Flouro with a mind of its own!!
From: Michael A. Covington
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 04:43
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 04:43
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2 questions: (1) Are your lights controlled indirectly somehow, e.g., through relays, or through a switch that bypasses something just long enough to get the fluorescent light started (like a push-to-start button)? (2) Could be a grounding problem, especially since you're in a country with 240V mains. 240V on one side and a high-resistance ground on the other _could_ light a fluorescent bulb. They're famous for being able to glow -- weakly -- on very low current if the voltage is high enough.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Flouro with a mind of its own!! Message-ID: <1991Jan8.044340.11045@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 8 Jan 91 04:43:40 GMT References: <1991Jan7.060704.6882@syacus.acus.oz> Distribution: sci.electronics Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 10