On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:33:51 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Came home tonight to find my CF bulb on my exterior door light
flickering and barely glowing. Assumed the new bulb was bad till I got
inside to turn off the switch and found it already off.

I guess I will have to check the voltage at that outlet. How wierd.

Its hard to reach lamp is over steps

Anyone else have this happen?

Chances are there is a hot wire somewhere close to it and it
was conducting a fair amount of current at that time. Even static
electricity can cause any florescent lamp to give off some light.