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I was at a customers house changing a socket and they asked me a question about their lights.
Some of the lights in the house suddenly get brighter and then go back to normal. This happens a few times every week.
Not all the lights in the house do it, only the LED downlights and only the ones on a dimmer switch. However, there are 4 separate dimmer switches all doing different banks of lights. All of these are on the same circuit.
I 'think' that when this happens the lights in question are partly dimmed down. The customer is going to keep them on full brightness and see if it still happens.
It seems clear that this is happening because the lights in question are on a dimmer switch, but it doesn't explain why it is happening.
In addition, the cooker hood extractor fan was on during one of these spikes and it switched itself off and on again within a second or 2.
I'm at a bit of a loss how to fault find this. Could this be a poor connection somewhere? Could it be voltage fluctuation in the electricity supply?
They have solar panels and also a battery storage system. Not sure this information is of any use, but adding just in case.
Some of the lights in the house suddenly get brighter and then go back to normal. This happens a few times every week.
Not all the lights in the house do it, only the LED downlights and only the ones on a dimmer switch. However, there are 4 separate dimmer switches all doing different banks of lights. All of these are on the same circuit.
I 'think' that when this happens the lights in question are partly dimmed down. The customer is going to keep them on full brightness and see if it still happens.
It seems clear that this is happening because the lights in question are on a dimmer switch, but it doesn't explain why it is happening.
In addition, the cooker hood extractor fan was on during one of these spikes and it switched itself off and on again within a second or 2.
I'm at a bit of a loss how to fault find this. Could this be a poor connection somewhere? Could it be voltage fluctuation in the electricity supply?
They have solar panels and also a battery storage system. Not sure this information is of any use, but adding just in case.
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