Flickering lights on circuit with low voltage and line voltage bulbs

[davidwiesel]

Hoping someone can give me some ideas on a flickering light situation. Here is the background:

On a single circuit I have 6 low voltage lights and 6 line voltage high hats. They are all controlled by 4 switches, 1 of which is a dimmer. When first installed 5 years ago, it worked fine with incandescent bulbs in the high hats. A few weeks ago I switched the incandescent to CFLs. Two weeks later the low voltage lights are flickering (even when not using the dimmer). The CFLs are working fine. The flickering does not happen right when the lights are turned on. It takes anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes for the flickering to start.

I switched the CLFs back to the incandescent and it still happens. Any ideas what it could be?

Thanks a lot!!
David

 

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