The lights worked for 30 mins and now it’s like on the video. Turning on/off doesn’t help, it dissappears after a while. How do I fix it?
Are they LED bulbs on an old dimmer switch?
Call the ghost busters
Looks like a poltergeist to me. Do you have a firstborn to offer as a sacrifice, just in case?
You got ghosts. You need purify the house.
What model of LED do you have in there?
What type of switch controls it? Is it an on/off switch or a dimmer switch?
What did you have in there before when it did work?
Are there any issues with anything else in the house?
LEDs can glow with very small currents, such as those caused by capacitance between your phase wire and your neutral or earth wires. Different LEDs will not be sensitive to this. It is a cosmetic problem only.
Lights in various rooms of my gaff to that, at seemingly random times.
I suspect it’s dodgy wiring as over the years I’ve replaced a few of the fixtures and those newer ones never flickers.
My spirit guide, Barry, just told me that there’s a darkness in that room or there will be if you don’t get the dimmer switch under control and someone was mur… just a sec, was what, Barry? He’s gone…
My other spirit guide, Gina is coming through, does anyone know or think they know a Deb? Debbie, Derek? The will is in the locker in the shed.
Oh I’m tired now
2 reasons – 1. Could be faulty transformer in the base 2. It’s the dimmer. It is most certainly the dimmer if you have one. If its a new fitting, the box/manual will tell you if it’s dimmable – then get the specific dimmer or scrap the dimmer and get a regular old switch.
LED bulbs need a dedicated LED dimmer switch…
Are those led bulbs ? If so even with switch off they have redual power in the drivers thus flicker when off.
Holy water and garlic.
I’m gonna get halogen bulbs and try them out
thanks guys
*if they won’t work, ghost busters and priest – send me a DM*
That is either dodgy wiring or ghosts, but most likely ghosts. I suggest an exorcist or an electrician, or better yet get an electrician that can perform an exorcism
If u have a dimmer switch turn it up fully
My guess would be arcing.
The light unit itself not making perfect contact, maybe due to movement or just the weight over time.
Or could be same with the wall light switch, just wear and tear over time, or indeed poor plastic surrounding connections on the light unit itself or the switch wearing away, some of them can turn almost to dust with the plastics used that surround the wire contacts, they can be that bad.
If it’s also an old fuse board being used rather than the modern trip switch units in your house, it could also be an old style fuse on the way out.
If it is arcing, if you’ve good hearing then you should be able to hear it if you put yourself near enough to the source (switch, light unit, fuse board). Could also sometimes plug in a speaker in the same room, like an amazon Alexa would do, put the volume on highest with nothing playing and you should hear the arcing interference, though not always in modern houses but it’s just an easy test to try.
Roll with it. Plan a rave!
Ghosts. Move.
Look at replacing the dimmer switch with a newer one. Older dimmers typically use leading-edge dimming which doesn’t work great for LED bulbs. Trailing-edge dimmers are the way to go, provided of course you use Dimmable LED bulbs. Failing that, just stick with regular incandescent bulbs should work
Are there people banging in the room above?
Call a priest maybe
Sometimes if a dimmer switch is set to low they’ll flicker like this
You got ghouls, people will tell you that you have a ghost or poltergeist. But it’s ghouls. Sorry.
Call the ghostbusters
If they are on a dimmer switch then that switch needs to be an electronic one to deal with the elv in the lamps.
GET THE SALT
That’d be the poltergeist’s. Can you hear Carrie Ann?
That’s a lamp!
One of the bulbs is probably loose or has a faulty connection
Thats a ghost, call the ghostbusters.
Get the priest!
Call a priest!
You in Norbury Hall?
Obviously a poltergeist. You are going to need a at least 3 hail Mary’s and a visit from the local priest
Did you put non-dimmable CFL’s on a dimmer switch?
Some leds are not compatible with dimmer switches. Had a similar issue in my place. Got the correct bulbs and sorted it out.
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Id say that’s a faulty dimmer switch
The lights worked for 30 mins and now it’s like on the video. Turning on/off doesn’t help, it dissappears after a while. How do I fix it?
Are they LED bulbs on an old dimmer switch?
Call the ghost busters
Looks like a poltergeist to me. Do you have a firstborn to offer as a sacrifice, just in case?
You got ghosts. You need purify the house.
What model of LED do you have in there?
What type of switch controls it? Is it an on/off switch or a dimmer switch?
What did you have in there before when it did work?
Are there any issues with anything else in the house?
LEDs can glow with very small currents, such as those caused by capacitance between your phase wire and your neutral or earth wires. Different LEDs will not be sensitive to this. It is a cosmetic problem only.
Lights in various rooms of my gaff to that, at seemingly random times.
I suspect it’s dodgy wiring as over the years I’ve replaced a few of the fixtures and those newer ones never flickers.
My spirit guide, Barry, just told me that there’s a darkness in that room or there will be if you don’t get the dimmer switch under control and someone was mur… just a sec, was what, Barry? He’s gone…
My other spirit guide, Gina is coming through, does anyone know or think they know a Deb? Debbie, Derek? The will is in the locker in the shed.
Oh I’m tired now
2 reasons – 1. Could be faulty transformer in the base 2. It’s the dimmer. It is most certainly the dimmer if you have one. If its a new fitting, the box/manual will tell you if it’s dimmable – then get the specific dimmer or scrap the dimmer and get a regular old switch.
LED bulbs need a dedicated LED dimmer switch…
Are those led bulbs ? If so even with switch off they have redual power in the drivers thus flicker when off.
Holy water and garlic.
I’m gonna get halogen bulbs and try them out
thanks guys
*if they won’t work, ghost busters and priest – send me a DM*
That is either dodgy wiring or ghosts, but most likely ghosts. I suggest an exorcist or an electrician, or better yet get an electrician that can perform an exorcism
If u have a dimmer switch turn it up fully
My guess would be arcing.
The light unit itself not making perfect contact, maybe due to movement or just the weight over time.
Or could be same with the wall light switch, just wear and tear over time, or indeed poor plastic surrounding connections on the light unit itself or the switch wearing away, some of them can turn almost to dust with the plastics used that surround the wire contacts, they can be that bad.
If it’s also an old fuse board being used rather than the modern trip switch units in your house, it could also be an old style fuse on the way out.
If it is arcing, if you’ve good hearing then you should be able to hear it if you put yourself near enough to the source (switch, light unit, fuse board). Could also sometimes plug in a speaker in the same room, like an amazon Alexa would do, put the volume on highest with nothing playing and you should hear the arcing interference, though not always in modern houses but it’s just an easy test to try.
Roll with it. Plan a rave!
Ghosts. Move.
Look at replacing the dimmer switch with a newer one. Older dimmers typically use leading-edge dimming which doesn’t work great for LED bulbs. Trailing-edge dimmers are the way to go, provided of course you use Dimmable LED bulbs. Failing that, just stick with regular incandescent bulbs should work
Are there people banging in the room above?
Call a priest maybe
Sometimes if a dimmer switch is set to low they’ll flicker like this
You got ghouls, people will tell you that you have a ghost or poltergeist. But it’s ghouls. Sorry.
Call the ghostbusters
If they are on a dimmer switch then that switch needs to be an electronic one to deal with the elv in the lamps.
GET THE SALT
That’d be the poltergeist’s. Can you hear Carrie Ann?
That’s a lamp!
One of the bulbs is probably loose or has a faulty connection
Thats a ghost, call the ghostbusters.
Get the priest!
Call a priest!
You in Norbury Hall?
Obviously a poltergeist. You are going to need a at least 3 hail Mary’s and a visit from the local priest
Did you put non-dimmable CFL’s on a dimmer switch?
Some leds are not compatible with dimmer switches. Had a similar issue in my place. Got the correct bulbs and sorted it out.