Strange phenomenon with energy saving light bulb - Infrared?

Does anyone know what is causing this? The energy saving light bulb started to flash a couple of days ago and is now not as bright as the others. It is causing the infrared reciever light on my screen to trigger as if I am using the remote control. There is no trace of infrared coming from the broken light, I have tested it with an infra red camera.

UPDATE:
I have just realised that whatever is coming out of this bulb is not affected by any obstruction. I can place my whole body in front of the IR reciever and the red light still flashes!

Also turn the volume up at 0:50 to hear that strange noise the camera is picking up

XRAYS! AGGHHH

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• infra
• red
• infrared
• light
• bulb
• camera

[andycflbulb]

RFI from the ballast

[cjellwood]

@andycflbulb ahh yes that makes sense, cheers!

[ms63129]

A dim and flickering (at a fast regular rate) CFL is most likely due to a bad electrolytic capacitor, resulting in no filtering of the rectified AC (as well as the high frequency switching, resulting in excessive RFI), causing it to flicker at or twice the power line frequency (depending on the circuit). I had this happen too - and the CFL "exploded" a few days later (a loud pop and some smoke came out when the bad capacitor shorted, there was also no fuse so the RFI inductor burned up).

[distinctavcom]

Interference beats between the two 10k bulbs is probably creating a pattern that looks like 40khz carrier freq.

[TheSoxmania]

It's possible that the ultraviolet light emitted from the failing CFL

Is interfering with the sensor on the monitor.

[king65462]

space aliens are coming

its a message

[riced81]

I would say that the IR Receiver frequency and the Light Bulb frequency are very close in their wave lengths. IR is merely a wavelength. The flashing bulb is shooting a wave length the IR Receiver recognizes and it causes it to activate. I would bet that if you could control's the Wave length of the Light Bulb you could use it to control your T.V. menu... if you were REALLY REALLY GOOD AT IT. lol

[videoequipped]

I have the same problem. IR Reciever on windows media center. Only one does this but it does stop if i stand in front of it. Spooky

[aabbiirriiii]

its a reptilian weapon

[allroadslead2coffee]

Did you ever figure out what was making your energy saving bulb and infared reciever flicker??? I'm very interested in this.

[andycflbulb]

@cjellwood I got to thinking last night if not that, also possibly interference from the field of your wiring past the light switch. But I say RFI