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Go to solution Solved by aezakmi,

phases are inverted in the outlet

 

there's residual current in the return or neutral phase that shouldn't be there so every time you hit the switch on the lamp a small surge occurs

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Witchcraft? 

Someone else had the same problem:

 

Edit: this seems to be the more pertinent link...

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2360195/computer-automatically-waking-sleep-fluorescent-lamp-turned.html

Screwdriver specs: Long, pointy. Turns things. Some kind of metal.

 

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phases are inverted in the outlet

 

there's residual current in the return or neutral phase that shouldn't be there so every time you hit the switch on the lamp a small surge occurs

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