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dave w

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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2010, 04:12:36 PM »

Magic smoke? What's that? I've been using paired CFL + incandescent controlled by a AH switch for several years with no problems. I never try to dim the lights.
I do the same on two outside lights, but we are basically gambling. Even with no dimming the output from any dimming or a triac driven non dimmable module like the Socket Rocket has a pretty distorted sine wave. How the final device is made determines whether it will tolerate the distortion. I was using Socket Rockets for "silent" turn on-off of some transformer wall warts in the bedroom. It took two years, but they finally failed from overheating. CFLs are probably more tolerant, but you might have early failure of the bulb.

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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2010, 04:14:44 PM »

I had a few brands of CFLs that made more power line noise as measured by an XTBM. When in a Socket Rocket.
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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2010, 10:40:34 PM »

Magic smoke? What's that?

Magic smoke is the mystical energy that binds our electronic together.  It connects them. It's within them.  It is the energy that makes them function as they should.  When it escapes, there is a great disturbance and they die.
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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2010, 10:46:51 PM »

Also it's very difficult to install the magic smoke when a device is manufactured - damn near impossible to get it back in if you allow it to escape.

I have heard rumours of magic smoke being available in bottles as an aftermarket product - I'll check for it next time I go in for a fresh box of round tooits and a long weight.   :'
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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2010, 10:49:46 PM »

I hear that California's prop 19 has something to do with magic smoke.
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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2010, 11:27:29 AM »

We should mention that at times a release of Magic Smoke is preceded by the magic "Pop!"
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Re: Lights Turn Off but Not On
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2010, 11:44:08 AM »

Sometimes the magic flash of light also.  ???
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