On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:06:05 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:

I think you will find that putting a neon across the switch will cause it to
light when a normal bulb is present as it will provide a low enough
impedance to neutral for the neon to work.
I doubt if it will work with a CFL.


You beat me to it, I was about to ask whether CFLs would flicker when
wired like this.