Right boffins, -biro back in top pocket and answer this...

[captainzep]

Small stereo in my bedroom with a remote control.

Although stereo is switched off, (on standby), when wife turns out bedside light said stereo turns itself on.

Unlike wife, stereo does it regularly.

Why?

(Not infrequent sex explanations.)

[Adam_W]

CFL (engergy saving) bulb by any chance?

[captainzep]

Adam_W said:

CFL (engergy saving) bulb by any chance?

Erm. Probably, yes.

So?

[Heskey]

Ghosts!

[kambites]

If you turn the Stereo off at the plug and back on again, does it come up on standby or does it switch itself on?

[captainzep]

kambites said:

If you turn the Stereo off at the plug and back on again, does it come up on standby or does it switch itself on?

Don't know -due to being at work.

[Adam_W]

dont know what causes it but we have a similar issue where the cable box changes channels every time the lights are turned on or off in that room and its 3 energy saving bulbs, my guess is the output from them is somehow in the right range to upset the IR receiver for the remote.

[ewenm]

Plugged into same socket (if you see what I mean)?

[kambites]

Well I suspect the starter circuit in the lamp is drawing enough current that the voltage on the mains spur that powers the socket is dropping to the point that the voltage regulators in the stereo are shutting the DC power off until the starter sparks - basically switching the stereo off and back on again.

It means you have all much impedance in your ring main and/or the spur that the socket is on.

Edited by kambites on Friday 19th September 14:46

[captainzep]

ewenm said:

Plugged into same socket (if you see what I mean)?

Unh?

[ewenm]

captainzep said:

ewenm said:

Plugged into same socket (if you see what I mean)?

Unh?

Nevermind. Kambites is better at explaining what I was thinking (scary!).

[captainzep]

kambites said:

Well I suspect the starter circuit in the lamp is drawing enough current that the voltage on the mains spur that powers the socket is dropping to the point that the voltage regulators in the stereo are shutting the DC power off until the starter sparks - basically switching the stereo off and back on again.

I see...

I shall call this theory one.

It will be tested first.

Thanks.

And by pretending that I worked this out myself, Mrs Zep will think I've suddenly become more domestically capable and will immediately start riding me in to the ground!

Super doop!

[kambites]

Oh and I'll have you know that we don't have Biros any more. We have these new-fangled things called Com-Pute-Ers.

[captainzep]

kambites said:

Oh and I'll have you know that we don't have Biros any more. We have these new-fangled things called Com-Pute-Ers.

I took your helpful advice in the spirit it was intended but don't sour this with your lies.

[Mc Lovin]

my Tv remote turns my bedroom light on and off, im definatly not complaining about it

[captainzep]

Revolving bed and leather sheets too?

I had no idea being a rent boy could be so lucrative.

[Pigeon]

kambites said:

Well I suspect the starter circuit in the lamp is drawing enough current that the voltage on the mains spur that powers the socket is dropping to the point that the voltage regulators in the stereo are shutting the DC power off until the starter sparks - basically switching the stereo off and back on again.

It means you have all much impedance in your ring main and/or the spur that the socket is on.

Er, no it isn't.

If anything pulled down the voltage so far that the regulators dropped out then it would be blowing fuses or tripping breakers at the consumer unit and if it didn't I would want to know why. If something was doing that it would be very obvious from its effect on many appliances and if it wasn't blowing the fuse then it would likely indicate a high-resistance point in the house wiring which would be a fire hazard.

And it is a myth, all too often repeated, that the starter circuits of fluorescent lamps draw huge amounts of current during startup. They do not.

And... it's happening when she turns the light off.

It is simply interference generated when turning the light off finding its way into the stereo in such a way as to trigger it to switch on. Plugging either the stereo or the light into one of those plugs with a built-in anti-interference filter that you can get for computers or hi-fi systems (st hi-fi systems, because a non-st hi-fi system would have adequate filtering and noise immunity designed in) ought to cure it.

[sadako]

My TV remote also controls my tinfoil hat. I can switch the aliens on or off..

[SpydieNut]

it's because your wife is *very* good at turning things on

[captainzep]

SpydieNut said:

it's because your wife is *very* good at turning things on

Yes. Her 'rabbit' specifically.

I'm thinking of kidnapping the fecker.

Or hiding all the batteries in the house.