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Default Strange problem with low energy light bulb



Seán O'Leathlóbhair wrote:

What is going on? Is a tiny current leaking, building up a charge in
a capacitor somewhere until a sufficient voltage builds up to spark in
the bulb and discharge the capacitor, and then the cycle repeats.


That would appear to be the case.

Graham

 
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