Yeah, no doubt most people with 'energy saver' globes (fluorescent type) globes might notice that when you have them all turned off (as in, you alone in the dark.....) the lights will flash every so often. For me, in my ludmilla house, its every 8.5 secs.....

In brinkin, it was every 11 seconds.



What causes this?

I tried googling, binging even, but all I got was Hz refresh rates, which are a whole different kettle of jewies.



At one point, I suspected it was the airport radar sending out its signal on a rotational basis causing the lights to flash. I remember as a kkid growing up a few km's away from some big ass powe lines, you could make an 18 or 36w tube glow if you stood under them. Radiation it was.


Personally, i think this is something to do with the Power providers inability to provide good clean commercial power. Or a poltergiest......ohhhh, the damn TV's trying to suck me in again, be right back.........

what....PAWA not giving us clean power....NNNEEEERRRVVVVEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^

I also dont agree with the normal people about light globes...let me explain:
A light globe suxs in darkness (No not you Darkenss )
Think about it....you turn a light in and around it it is light becausing it is suxing in the darkness.
If the globe is a high wattage one (like at the sporting grounds), it suxs in darness from a wider range.
And when a globe is new it is clear (empty)
But when the globe "blows", it is black because it is FULL OF DARKNESS.......now where are my tablets :drinks:

so........does this mean i dont need to call ray or egon, or grab a proton pack?





"DoNt CroSS thE StReaMS!!!"

wouldn't dirty power only effect it when it is on? if the switch is off, the circuit is open so no power should be getting through. it has to be getting power from somewhere else, like a poltergeist as you suggested.

My only concern is that, with the switch in the OFF position, power IS cut to the globe. So something else, elctricity or radiation, or EM activity from power lines/sources/EM emitting devices etc...... within a specified range, are causing it.


Ot maybe the darkness is fighting back, and trying to release its brethren from the evil neo forces of the fluoroescent horde.




Dont mix pills and drinks. It TOO awesome to do on your ownsome

^^ quite possibly the most intelligent and or most scientifically practicle thing anyone has posted on this site ever ^^

Well its one OCD suffering poltergeist. 8.2 seconds on the dot. Maybe its the ghosts of past ATO revenue officers who died sifting through my bullshit



"No hablas de englishe, speak to my accountant hombre"

Operating frequencies of electronic ballasts are selected to avoid interference with infrared remote controls. However, poor quality (or failing) electronic ballasts operating from AC mains may have insufficient Reservoir Capacitance and/or have poor Constant current regulator, thereby producing considerable 100/120 Hz modulation as well as the high-frequency switching modulation

just throw some holy water around and scream like a bitch next time it happens

or have Adam over for a sausage and a tinny whilst he says a few words of encouragement.......

and I thought my post was hard to accept

Yeah im like Holy Water is the go right now......

its so hard to watch tv.........

Im just an average man, with an average life...
I work from nine to five.....hey hell i pay the price...
All i want is to be left alone..... in my average home
.....but why do i always feel?
Like im in the twilight zone?
I always feel like......somebodys watching me.................and i have no privacy......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD21JDMp86c

i am posessed by the 1980's.....

they pulse the power through so they can get more money out of you.....................lol

Ken is bopping to this one.......

ahhh shit im doin the robot again....

trippy shit.....

take the bulbs to a church and if they dont spontaneously burst into flames, then theyre safe... if they do, then keep them and sacrifice people to the demon bulb.

Unplugged the wireless router.....still flashes


turned off power at te mains, problems go away...no flashing.....................doesnt finalise the issue though. What is it thats causing the signal? An EM pulse from the household wiring......or what? And in two houselholds in different suburbs of differing structure??

Its like the first 10% of the fluoro bulb illuminates......very strange.



I heard the C-bus power system controllers found in modern new homes have similar issues with fluoro tubes: i.e. houses with all those funky controllers for lighting aircon and fans in multiple control panels mounted on the walls, clipsal are but one provider. Apparently its about 30v+ve in your walls!!

ok.... when you turned off power at the mains, was it the master or just the one circuit for the fluoros?

This is caused by them being fluro... They're slowly giving you skin cancer.. Kthx..

i get the same thing with the energy savings in my room.
i have two on either side of the wall and they both flash.
but both dont flash at teh same time and i think they are flashing
at different speeds too....

Do you have Raves at your place? If not probably should start...

Was the main switch. Methinks Ill try and remember which one of the UNBLOODYLABLED rcds is the lights....