Light flickering

Erod10

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Location
Virginia
Occupation
Electrician
Hello everyone I run into this situation
Customer call because the light in the dining room is flickering when a light in the guest bathroom is turned on. In both locations there’s a dimmer switch.
I installed a regular switch in the bathroom since not need a dimmer and I installed a new dimmer switch in the dining area.
The dimmer is LED, incandescent and halogen compatible but the problem persists I’ll check the wiring and everything looks good.
Have you ever run into something similar?
 
Make sure the LEDs are dimmable, and preferably a name brand such as Phillips, Sylvania, Cree, etc.
And that the dimmer and the lamp are specifically compatible. Look at the documentation. If there isn't a list of dimmers for the lamp, paick a different lamp.
 
90% of the issues I find are cheap Chinese bulbs-
If the thing pulsates with a rhythmic beat you have your answer
Yep. The LED is failing; replace it. Be careful; sometimes when they fail that way the bases get very hot.
 
Should ban crappy LEDs. Nothing wrong with them if they are designed right.

-Hal
Yeah, good luck with that one people like their Costco fiet bulbs.
At least the cheap made incandescent we’ll just burn up and not freak people out
 
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