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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Flouro with a mind of its own!!
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.044340.11045@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 91 04:43:40 GMT
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2 questions:

(1) Are your lights controlled indirectly somehow, e.g., through relays,
or through a switch that bypasses something just long enough to get
the fluorescent light started (like a push-to-start button)?

(2) Could be a grounding problem, especially since you're in a country
with 240V mains. 240V on one side and a high-resistance ground on the
other _could_ light a fluorescent bulb. They're famous for being able
to glow -- weakly -- on very low current if the voltage is high enough.