I have a dimmer on some downlighter, changed over to LED's and I have noticed occasional flicker on less than 100% brightness. The dimmer is a Crabtree 250w dimmer. I did read on another forum that placing a small resistor across the load will stop this. I'd like some advice on whether this will...
Any electric motor, drill etc. plugged into any outlet is (suddenly) making my lights flicker.
Wired my house 5 yrs ago and of course all outlets are on separate circuits w 12g Rolex 20 amp breakers
All lighting is on 14g Romex and 15 amp breakers.
NEVER had an issue. Not the slightest...
Hello, I am not an electrician. I don't normally post on forums but I'm at breaking point with this situation and require some advice please.
Our new shower was installed earlier this year. Since it was installed when you press the new shower on the ceiling light in the bathroom flickers...
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Our first floor ceiling lights are all on the same circuit on the breaker board. The have started flickering sometimes when turned on. The flickering will last up to 5 second then the light will turn on and be fine. Sometimes when another light is turned on within the same circuit all of...
If you've seen my previous thread for advice you'll know that I have just finished doing up my living room and I have 8 dimable LED GU10's fitted into the main socket loop because of a couple of reasons. The loops goes like this...
Fused spur on socket loop -> 13A plug socket -> junction box ->...
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I have recently been having a fault with my LED flood light in my garden. It works OK for about 3 minutes and then flickers like a strobe. If you turn it off for a period, then turn it back on again it works for 3 minutes again and then again flickers like a strobe. I have had these lights...
Looking for advice/pointers. I have installed client supplied GU10 LEDs in a warehouse. Client reporting flicker from LEDs. Installation is 3 phase, lights in question are on 2 different phases. Have heard and read about EMI, any help appreciated. My apologies if this issue has already been...
Hi all new here just need some help and I am not a electrican
i have LED's gu10s when I turn the swich on it is not a dimmer and it is the swich that was in when we had halogens thay flicker and thay may have been on a 30sec or so then will do the same when I also but the indution hob on it...
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I'm hoping there'll be someone out there that could help me on a problem thats occurring with some LED lighting I've installed...
I recently re-wired a large premises of which I installed 4 main lighting mains due to the size of the property.
The problem I'm getting denotes only to the...
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Got asked a question today that I couldn't figure out so any help would be appreciated. Kitchen fluorescent tube had been in for about 5 years or so and all well, then started flickering like a strobe. Works fine on initial start up but after an hour or 2 starts this...
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I have a customer who has asked me why his TV flickers on and off when the bathroom fluorescent light is turn off or on.
Any ideas?
and no I didn't install it lol
Thanks in advance,
Ty.
Hi all I have put 30 or so gu10 SMD leds (not my choice) in a shop on 3 separate circuits. Now whenever you put on any kind of load through sockets eg hoover the all lights flicker, I have tried using other sockets but no change. I was thinking on lines of a loose neutral in consumer unit as all...
In need of a little help please.
I have a customer with 10 gu10 12v 20w
down-lights on a push on/off dimmer.
On full brightness all the lights pulse/flicker regularly every 1-2 seconds.
dim them slightly and the pulse stops.
The dimmer is a 230v 50 hz
40w/va-220w/180va.
Anyone able to help...
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Just installed 2 bathroom spotlights along with an extract fan, the feed is at the switch and from there to an isolator and obviously fan and lights. However when the fan is turned on the lights flicker, I've been reading previous threads about putting resistors across the switched...
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I'm replacing low voltage halogen with MR11 and MR16 LED bulbs. AC supply would be simplest because of existing wiring, but I'm concerned about LED flicker:
Characterizing and Minimizing LED Flicker - Lighting Solutions | DigiKey
I'm looking at varilight transformers:
VARILIGHT...
I recently change some Gu10 lamps to LED ones that are switched by a dimmer and they flicker intermitently on various but not all dimmer levels.
Any ideas why?
Hi, Could anyone advise please:- I have a chandelier light fitting controlled from a wall dimmer switch, it has 12 tungslen 'candle' type bulbs. I am thinking of swopping the bulbs to 'flickering' type bulbs, neons (?) ( I know they don't really give off light its purely for decoration.) Would...
Hi, called to a job where the "lights flicker"
Old rewieable fuse board with no RCD 5A light circuit which does flicker randomly every 20>30 seconds or so, no other real loads on .
Stripped the light circuit and found the first light on the loop in system , connected this back up and left...
Hi folks, I did a few lighting repairs in a cafe for a friend of a friend last week. One of the problems they were having was a flickering Fluorescent tube that wouldn't start in a glass display refrigerator that they keep their cakes in... :D
Popped in a new starter and it came on after a...
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I have installed some dimmable led spots, 3 lights on one switch and 3 on another switch both are on dimmer switches on a 2 gang plate. When i dim one set of lights down the other ones flicker. And ideas why this could be?
Many thanks Guy
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