cdcengineer
Senior Member
Folks, I got a strange phenomena happening at the house. My lights are flickering when certain loads are turned on. It doesn't seem to matter which phase these loads are on or whether it's a cord and plug load placed in any room.
I spent some time as a licensed repair tech and thought I'd seen this before. It usually always ends up as a loose neutral. I checked the panel (main and branch ckt's), but no solution. I called a friend at the utility and they came down and checked the connection on the transformer - A-OK. I don't have any voltage drop issue, and the house hasn't had any recent repair and/or modification. We've lived here for over (6) years. Voltage measurements from A to neutral 108V, B to neutral 135V with all loads on. With all loads off, we have 124V (A Phase) and 120V (B Phase).
I'm cracking up a bit. I've pulled every device on circuits in the rooms with flicker) to verify connection. I've tightened the connections in the meter housing, checked the grd'g electrode conductor connection.
Without typing for another page or so, does anyone want to toss out any ideas?
Thx,
CDC
I spent some time as a licensed repair tech and thought I'd seen this before. It usually always ends up as a loose neutral. I checked the panel (main and branch ckt's), but no solution. I called a friend at the utility and they came down and checked the connection on the transformer - A-OK. I don't have any voltage drop issue, and the house hasn't had any recent repair and/or modification. We've lived here for over (6) years. Voltage measurements from A to neutral 108V, B to neutral 135V with all loads on. With all loads off, we have 124V (A Phase) and 120V (B Phase).
I'm cracking up a bit. I've pulled every device on circuits in the rooms with flicker) to verify connection. I've tightened the connections in the meter housing, checked the grd'g electrode conductor connection.
Without typing for another page or so, does anyone want to toss out any ideas?
Thx,
CDC