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Default Fluorescent Flicker Puzzle

Jim Thompson wrote:
Fluorescent Flicker Puzzle...

Fluorescent lights flickering in garage, new tubes, but I figured it
was because it was "cold"... like 45°F ;-)

Switched motion detector switch from auto-on to full-on, flicker
stops.

Failure, or motion detector cold sensitive???


If this motion control switch is of the electronic kind it might not
like a fluorescent as a load at all. Often it sort of works but it's not
safe and not reliable.

45F, cold? You guys must be quite wimpy when it comes to "cold".

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