[ale] current pulled by computer power supply

[elanda at comstar.net (Ed Landa)]

> I tried controlling a screw-in fluorescent with an X10 appliance module
> (not the lamp module) and it came on fine but when I switched it off
> there was a bright flash and the bulb died.  Thinking it was a
> coincidence, I tried again with a new bulb - same thing.  That's two
> bulbs at about $15 each.

Have you, by chance, tried it with a lamp module?  I was thinking of getting
some flourescent bulbs, but now I'm concerned.  Most of my modules are lamp
modules.

Ed
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