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From: bobm@anasaz.UUCP (Bob Maccione)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Flouro with a mind of its own!!
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Date: 9 Jan 91 22:18:32 GMT
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In article <12543@hubcap.clemson.edu> rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) writes:
 >I've had similar experiences with a Leud flourescent desk lamp I keep at 
 >bed side.  I used to sleep on an Electrically heated sheet (I quit when
 >ELM research started appearing).  The similarity to the flouro with it's 
 >own mind....When I touched the bulb in the lamp, it glowed at nearly full
 >brightness.  It also did the turn it's self on later trick.  This lamp is
 >the starterless heater type, but many times, touching the bulb, while lying
 >on the sheet (on) would start the bulb, and only unpluging the lamp would
 >turn it off.
 

I had the same problem when I used to sleep on a water bed.  My alarm
clock was one of those with a touch bar to snooze ( works off body
capacitance i figure ) and if the heater was on I couldn't get into
snooze mode unless I either got out of the bed or turned the heater
off ( via the thermostat ).

OBQuestion:
  Could someone send me some pointers to articles on ELM?

thanks
bob maccione