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    johnnyray0623 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 23, 2007, 01:17 PM
    Spiral Fluorescent lamp
    I installed a Hampton Bay Outdoor Wall-mounted lamp with motion-sensor. The installation comes with a 100 watt incandescent lamp. The fixture works as described. I replaced the incandescent lamp with a 23 watt spiral fluorescent lamp (100 watt incand. eq.). It works as described except when it is off, the lamp flickers; comes on as necessary, but flickers when no motion detected.

    Do I just have a bad fluorescent lamp?

    Thanks.
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    Mar 23, 2007, 01:33 PM
    This is normal. As it is a function of how fluorescent lamps work and the fact that it uses ballasts.

    Here is some more information
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