"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
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Doesn't seem unusual to me (or any of my acquaintances).

Well I'm not the only one here, not to mention many of my friends and
aquaintences.

Have you ever measured your mains voltage? Is it within
"normal" specifications?

Yep, no problems where I live.
And maybe you missed the last dozen times I said I have NO problems with
normal fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs.

MrT.