On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:46:50 -0400, "John Grabowski"
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I have an outdoor floodlight fixture with a photo-cell to turn it on
at dusk and off at dawn. I can buy a screw-in photo-cell that works
with CFLs for only $8. If I cover the regular eye so it thinks it's
always dark and therefore will always be on, will the CFL work? It
would be cheaper than buying a new fixture.


*Put a CFL in the fixture and see if it works before you spend money on an
accessory. If the existing photocell worked with a regular bulb it should
work with a CFL.

I've seen one instance where the CFL bulbs would flicker.. (new
construction/fixture/bulb(s), etc.) Never learned what the problem
was - the photo cell or the bulb.