On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:00:35 UTC, wrote:

no potential across the neon, so it goes out. A downside of this Ingeneous
scheme is that if the bulb blows, the indicator no longer lights; and it's
shot to pot if you use compact-flourescent or similar.

Funnily enough, we have one circuit with two compact fluorescents on it
(nearly the same, apart from the white powder! :-)). It has one of
these neon visibility things on the switch and it still seems to work OK
(there are no incandescents in the circuit).

Don't know WHY, mind....!

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Bob Eager
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