Hi Phil, ALL,
Yes we need to be aware about this...
My missus put one in my daughters room (fitted with a dimmer) after the bulb stopped working.. Of course it didnt work so she told me.. I said `You cant plug the CFL bulbs into a socket connected to a dimmer switch'.
As I walked into my daughter's room to replace the CFL there was a very loud exploding noise, which scared the crap out of me, as my wife had left the switch turned on.. a fair thing to do, one assumes its not working why worry..
The CFL did not catch fire or even show signs of damage (strange considering the noise it made when it blew).
Now to me it was well known not to use a CFL in a dimmer socket but I was not prepared for the near catastrophic result of doing so I always thought they just wont work.
So beware...we may have lost a house or worse our daughter because of this simple oversight
Mik