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Lights Flickering..!
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in the last week or so its like our lights keep flickering all the time, to put it like this, its as though a wall dimmer switch is being turned up and down fully bright one minute then goes dim the next minute then back to normal, this is happening throughout the whole house. any ideas before i start looking for an electrician!
its really annoying
its really annoying
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My first thought is a supply issue at the supplier. Second thought is, is anything with a heavy load being switched on (manually or timed automatically) at the time of dimming. A sudden large current demand from one thing can result in a lowering of voltage affecting everything.
My first thought is a supply issue at the supplier. Second thought is, is anything with a heavy load being switched on (manually or timed automatically) at the time of dimming. A sudden large current demand from one thing can result in a lowering of voltage affecting everything.
It must be a voltage variation so :
1. It's in your house - something is periodically drawing a huge load - you'd be able to see this by observing the meter - it would speed up dramatically when the lights go dim.
2. It's nearby - a very large load switching on/off
3. It's a supply problem - for instance branches brushing against overhead lines can do this (been there got the flickery lights).
So - 1 is your problem, 2 or 3 is down to the supply company to investigate.
Might be worth taking a video of the flickering to prove there is a problem.
1. It's in your house - something is periodically drawing a huge load - you'd be able to see this by observing the meter - it would speed up dramatically when the lights go dim.
2. It's nearby - a very large load switching on/off
3. It's a supply problem - for instance branches brushing against overhead lines can do this (been there got the flickery lights).
So - 1 is your problem, 2 or 3 is down to the supply company to investigate.
Might be worth taking a video of the flickering to prove there is a problem.
hi jomifl last night put lights on one at a time throughout the house for 5 mins and turned everything else off, every light in every room flickered, like i said as though a wall dimmer switch is being turned up and down!
mrs c is getting onto electricity supplier in next half hour so we will see what happens from there cheers
mrs c is getting onto electricity supplier in next half hour so we will see what happens from there cheers