In uk.d-i-y, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-03-16 07:56:15 +0000, Mike Barnes said:

In uk.d-i-y, Clive Mitchell wrote:
In message , Mike Barnes
writes
AAMOI, how do you know they couldn't take a CFL? Is it an electrical
or a mechanical problem? We have two such lights (PIR-operated
bulkhead lights), different designs, and I fitted them both with CFLs
a couple of years ago, no problem.
Might have been triac operated. The CFL load would cause latching
and
triggering problems.
OK, but can you tell that by looking at them while walking past on
the
street?

Absolutely. I can see any of them quite distinctly from the light
quality,

No, what I meant was how could *John* (whose words have been snipped)
tell that they *couldn't* take CFLs?

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Mike Barnes