Do flickering / flashing lights bother you?
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Low voltage garden lighting that mimics flickering candle light
Comments (3)You can buy the battery operated candles at Bed,Bath & Beyond, A.C. Moore's, Michael's, Plow & Hearth and they are wonderful. That is all we use anymore in our house. We live in a Sr. Citizens community and about 3 yrs. ago there was a bad fire in a garden apt. one windy Jan. night started by a plastic coffee maker being put on a burner that was on by mistake. A man lost his death because he went back into his first floor apt. to get some important papers and the ceiling from the apt. on fire fell on him and killed him. They had to tear the entire building down and rebuild it. Every since then, we only use the battery operated ones. They have some that are scented and the outside feels like real wax. They have a lot of hours of use, something like 100 or 500 before you have to replace the batteries. They are LED lights. Candles that come in lots of colors plus white and off white....See MoreLight bulbs buzzing/flickering on dimmer what to do?
Comments (11)Sorry to be catty but be wary when taking advice from certain users. Refer to this thread as an example: "o Hardwire a chandelier". I am tired of seeing advice which is given as authoritative when it is wrong. Dimming from more than one location is simply a matter of preference in most cases but also of convenience. Texasredhead, if a light is turned to a dim glow where one can barely see should one have to walk across a room to find a dimmer to turn it up if there is a dimmer closer by? Dimming from more than one location is possible. Any reputable electrician would know that. The dimmers communicate with one another through leads on the dimmers which are linked together through the switch wiring. Tklahr, try different brands of bulbs rather than just different types. Also look for bulbs which have filament supports. Many bulbs simply have a filament stretched between two arms with nothing else and that lends itself to vibration. As for flickering, if the wiring is all sound it may be an issue of a heavy load somewhere in your home causing the flickering....See MoreCFL bulb Flickers in track lighting
Comments (2)"I have some track lighting on my ceiling and its wired into a wall timer switch." Unless the time has mechanical contacts and not a solid state switch it is distorting the voltage waveform just like a dimmer. It also leaks a small amount of current even in the off state. This can cause compact florescent lights to slowly build up enough charge to try and light, then quickly shut down when the charge is used. The lights appear to 'flash' on (actually the striking circuit trying to get the bulb running) but without enough current available they cannot stay on. If the other lights are low voltage their power supplies may also be having problems with a distorted waveform. You should never run compact florescent lights or any type of low voltage lighting on a dimmer or solid state switch that is not listed by the light manufacturer as suitable. It can damage the power supplies and lead to overheating and even fires....See MoreHelp! - Lights Flickering Brighter
Comments (2)You have an open or loose neutral. Call the POCO now and unplug all your electronic devices. The lights are going brighter because of voltage rise. This can cause major damage to TVs, VCRs, etc....See Moresuebdoo
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