Zen83237 wrote:
"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:40:45 UTC, "Zen83237"
wrote:
Sorry, please read my post again. Who said "OCCASIONAL" flicker.
This is constant flickering.

How often do you get a flicker? And of what duration?

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It is constant ie all the time it is switched off but only noticable
when it is dark or dusk. The frequency, difficult to say, but
certainly many flashes per second. It doesn't give off anything like
enough light to read by but just switched it off now and I can make
out every thing in the room and that isn't even allowing for my eyes
accustomed to the dark. I should also say that although the light
sensitive switches are new
in two rooms the hall way has had one for several years and I never
had this problem until about a year ago which suggests to me that
there is something different about the newer bulbs. The kids managed
to smash the bulb and damage the rose so my first thought was that I
rewired the new rose incorrectly as it started when a new bulb was
fitted after the accident. I wont even go into the toxicity introduced
into the house by
accidentilly breaking them.

The amount of mercury is minimal. The hype about this is truely dreadful.
Just like all the nonsense about asbestos put about by the Elfin group and
shallow minded chattering idiots.

Yes, mercury was an issue for folk who worked with it continuously such as
hatters. Asbestos was an issue for those that mined it, manufactured
products with it and sadly also wives of asbestos workers who washed their
clothes. Solid asbestos is not an issue.