Monday Apr 17, 2023
Why Do My Lights Flicker?
"Most people notice a flicker and the lights um because a large load may start up like an ac unit and get a slight flicker in lights. And then another reason is people don't have a surge protector in their panel which would alleviate some of the micro surges and many surges that happen inside your home."
- Gareth Kelly, Home Service Expert
Our electrical expert advisor here at Check A Pro, Gareth Kelly, Owner of Dream Team joins Jim Klauck, A.K.A. Check A Pro Joe on the program today. Check A Pro Joe received a question from a radio show listener - "Why Do My Lights Flicker?"
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Podcast Episode Transcript:
Check a Pro Joe here from the Check A Pro Radio show.
Hey,
this happens a lot to us in our homes.
Our lights are flickering and why is that?
Well,
I think it's an indication that something isn't just right.
I've asked my good friend Gareth Kelly from Dream Team,
air conditioning,
heating,
plumbing,
and electrical to chime in on this Gareth.
How are you?
I am doing good day,
Joel.
Thanks for having me on the show.
Absolutely.
Ok.
So why are my lights flickering?
What does that mean?
So,
Joe,
uh for us,
you know,
we could be here for a while if we want to answer that one.
But um,
I'll try and give you some of the,
you know,
most common reasons that um the lights with flicker in your home.
Um Most people notice a flicker and the lights um because a large load may start up like um ac unit or something like that is when,
you know,
a slight flicker in lights.
And then another reason is people don't have a surge protector in their panel which would alleviate some of the micro surges and many surges that happen inside your home.
And then,
you know,
you always have,
um,
flicker and lights due loose connections and proper connections,
bad connections.
And,
um,
sometimes you can be a switch on the light fixture or even in the electrical panel.
And,
um,
you know,
sometimes,
you know,
with these new Led fixtures and led bulbs,
even if they're mismatched.
So what we found out was when,
um,
led bulbs became more common,
they had been married up with a dimmer that was really up for that type of bulb.
So only certain dimmers work certain bulb manufacturers.
So that's sometimes can be an issue when you first install a light and the lights flicker.
That's definitely an issue.
But if an older home and they just started flickering,
you know,
you could have corrosion in your electrical panel,
you could have a loose connection on your utility coming in.
There could be something happening down the lane like a storm or something and loose connections.
But that's most of the reasons we have lights flicker and basically due to large loads on the same circuit.
So,
so pretty much like our body.
If all of a sudden we see flashes in our eyes,
we go to the doctor,
right?
And they scan our head to find out what's wrong.
You should do the same thing with your electrical system.
You should contact Gareth and his team over at dream team because you guys can come out and diagnose all this.
Right.
Yeah,
we can definitely come in and diagnose us as something that we specialize in is find them faults and come up with custom solutions for the home,
for the homeowner.
Yeah.
And it can be as simple as maybe an issue with the electrical wiring,
something in the breaker panel.
It could be that you just don't have enough amps in the home.
There's an appliance that's drawing too much and maybe you need to replace the appliance.
There's just all kinds of things and that's what they do at dream team.
They've got qualified technicians.
Thank you so much,
Gareth.
I really appreciate it.
Appreciate it,
Joe,
take care and have a great day.
All of Gareth's information is located in the description of this podcast to reach them over at dream team.