In my bathroom I use 2 cfl for lighting. The problem is, recently, when I flip the switch turning the lights off, the 2 cfl's continue to flicker faintly. I read elsewhere that sometimes have a little bit of a flicker still in them after the light switch is turned off, then they go completely off. Mine continue to flicker and don't go completely off.

Any ideas?

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:47:23 -0800 (PST), Senin
wrote:

In my bathroom I use 2 cfl for lighting. The problem is, recently, when I flip the switch turning the lights off, the 2 cfl's continue to flicker faintly. I read elsewhere that sometimes have a little bit of a flicker still in them after the light switch is turned off, then they go completely off. Mine continue to flicker and don't go completely off.

Any ideas?
What kind of switch are you using?

On Monday, February 10, 2014 3:47:23 PM UTC-6, Senin wrote:
In my bathroom I use 2 cfl for lighting. The problem is, recently, when I flip the switch turning the lights off, the 2 cfl's continue to flicker faintly. I read elsewhere that sometimes have a little bit of a flicker still in them after the light switch is turned off, then they go completely off. Mine continue to flicker and don't go completely off. Any ideas?

Any type of a switch that does not mechanically break the circuit can lead to flickering cfls. Also, capacitive coupling between the two conductors of the cable leading to a switch that is located some distance from the rest of the circuit can cause flickering, even if the switch at the end of the cable does mechanically break the circuit.

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In my bathroom I use 2 cfl for lighting. The problem is, recently, when I
flip the switch turning the lights off, the 2 cfl's continue to flicker
faintly. I read elsewhere that sometimes have a little bit of a flicker
still in them after the light switch is turned off, then they go
completely off. Mine continue to flicker and don't go completely off.

Any ideas?
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Yes! Go stock up on incandescent bulbs before
they are all gone.

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:47:23 -0800 (PST), Senin
wrote:

In my bathroom I use 2 cfl for lighting. The problem is, recently, when I flip the switch turning the lights off, the 2 cfl's continue to flicker faintly. I read elsewhere that sometimes have a little bit of a flicker still in them after the light switch is turned off, then they go completely off. Mine continue to flicker and don't go completely off.

Any ideas?

I just hit that same problem with a hall light, but I also have two
other fixtures that flicker or fail to work with CFLs. If I use
incandescents the fixtures work ok so I just bought a pack of 16 60
watt incandescents from Home Depot for something like $4. I do prefer
the CFLs but I need to use the others in those fixtures. I really
should have an electrician in to take a look. It's a 70 year old
house.

On a similar note, I didn't think the CFLs lasted as long as claimed,
and one just stopped working in a ceiling fan. So I took it out,and I
had written the date and supposed lifetime on it when I put it in. It
was supposed to last for five years, and the date I installed it was
12/1/2002. It lasted 13 years. And they weren't even meant for ceiling
fan use, which tends to have a lot more vibration. I didn't think CFLs
had even been around that long but clearly they have.