Why touch lamp dont take fluoroscent energy savings bulb? i just got back from store learning that touch table lamp wont accept energy savings bulb,only incandescent one.why so?

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5 months ago

what is dimmer switch?

5 months ago

sorry i came from backward third world country and am not familiar with this stuff,would certainly like to learn more.unfortunately i m not into this stuff.

5 months ago

i meant touch lamp

5 months ago

i heard in few years government will ban incandescent bulbs.what will be solution for dimmers then if fluorescent isn%26#039;t the option?

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tnx

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• That I don%26#039;t know but the other works much better I ahve used them for over 10 yrs and I allmost never have to change them
  Now your other question really stumped me you don%26#039;t know wait a dimmer is ?
  Well I just can%26#039;t for the life of me tell you , They have been around for a long ,long time how old are you ?
  Do you think it might have to do with That it dimmers the LIGHT ???
• Engineer is correct.
  
  The touch lamps constantly put a tiny current through the filament of the bulb. They cannot put a current through the gas in a flourescent tube, therefore the switch won%26#039;t work.
• does your lamp have a dimmer switch? the compact fluorescent bulbs don%26#039;t work in a dimmer switch.
• Fluorescent bulbs require full voltage. A dimmer reduces the voltage. There are some jobs only an incandescent bulb can do.
  Unless a bulb is left on for a significant period of time fluorescent bulbs are a waste.
• The touch-lamp depends on a low-impedance path through the bulb even when the lamp is off.  The fluorescent unit doesn%26#039;t provide this, so the touch circuit doesn%26#039;t work correctly.