Energy saving lightbulbs retaining electricity?

Isara

Our place has the energy saving bulbs that flicker when off. We just thought it was bad wiring since the place is very old (50 years).

antenna

LuciferTDark wrote: »

No nearby power lines or dimmers here & I have 2 bulbs that flash, it doesn't matter which socket they're in either although I've relegated them to the downstairs hall & toilet until I work out what the heck is going on.

Try these bulbs in a table lamp that is plugged into a 13 amp wall socket.........it could be something to do with the lighting ring circuit.......ok...i know the 13 amp is a ring main,but if you know of a definate spur socket this would be the best to test on................

MarkyMarkD

I don't believe that it's a circuit fault. One of our CFLs does this too.

mute_posting

Joyful wrote: »

I was advised the reason my dimmer switch broke was because I had an energy saving bulb attached.It finally stopped working completely and I had it replaced by a normal switch. I never had a problem with the bulbs flashing though and I have them in every room in the house.The Engineer did say that in the near future they would be coming out with compatible bulbs.

Dimmer switches need to be de-rated when used with energy saving CF lights (as well as not using the dimmer function unless you have compatible bulbs like "DimmerAble" or the Osram equivilants)

This is because a 60 watt load of incandescant lighting is not as "damaging" a load as (say) 5 x 11w CF lights.

HTH

MP