Just found one of the weird ones. It's special.grumpy wrote:I've also see some weird behaviors around sophisticated switches, like electronic dimmers and X10 stuff, but that's all weirder than "does not work".
Strike one -- it's in a ceiling fan, but it's not a fan rated CFL.
Strike two -- it's switched by a really expensive electronic dimmer (prior owner was happy to overpay for geek toys).
Strike three -- the electrician mis-wired it, it's source -> light -> switch, rather than the vastly safer source -> switch -> light.
If I touch the glass twist, the bulb will start to flicker a half dozen or so times a second. If I'm actually passing current, it's negligible. Neat trick, just wish I understood what was happening.