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Default "flaky" maxlite compact fluorescent

maxlite compact fluorescent sks20eaww
20w
"listed e225999 y124" (FCC #?)
probably bought at a dollar store type store.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/783...bad42958xk.jpg

no other info because packaging gone missing.


recently i put it inot a two lamp fixture. after the light switch had been turned off a long
time, i reentered the room, and noticed this bulb was infrequently flashing, as if some kind
fo charge was building then discharging.

possible complicatoins.
3 way (2 locatoin) switch, this switch has the neon(?) indicator in the switch.
light fixture is the light kit part of a ceiling fan (the fan motor had not been running)
the other bulb is a different model (costco purchase) CF of mfr?, label: bpce13/t8.

further:
any other CF (including a 2nd costco) in the fan light, with this costco CF, does not cause
any bulb to flash.

this post is most likely a FYI, and not a problem that needs fixing, because the "flaky"
bulb does not flash where i've installed it in a fixture with 3 other bulbs (one is another CF,
one a halogen)