Hello.
I have been trawling through the surprisingly common "my CF light flashes every few seconds because there's 50 or so volts going through my wires when they're switched off" posts in this forum.
Predictably, I have a very similar situation - but I have the gift of 120 volts when measured with a digital multimeter on the terminals or bayonet lightbulb holder contacts of one of my lights (when switched "off"). Before I investigate further, I thought I'd just ask whether 120 volts is too much to be merely induced/capacitive current, considering the house is a medium/small 3-bedroom, 2-storey house, with no excessively long wiring runs. The light fitting in question is wired up to two 2-way switches, but they're only about 6 metres apart.
I suspect that the 120 volts is too much, and I should do further investigation, but just wondered if anyone had experienced such a high induced/capacitive voltage (outside of a transformer!). I haven't had the flashing light thing, but I haven't sat and stared at the (off) light yet.
- Paul
I have been trawling through the surprisingly common "my CF light flashes every few seconds because there's 50 or so volts going through my wires when they're switched off" posts in this forum.
Predictably, I have a very similar situation - but I have the gift of 120 volts when measured with a digital multimeter on the terminals or bayonet lightbulb holder contacts of one of my lights (when switched "off"). Before I investigate further, I thought I'd just ask whether 120 volts is too much to be merely induced/capacitive current, considering the house is a medium/small 3-bedroom, 2-storey house, with no excessively long wiring runs. The light fitting in question is wired up to two 2-way switches, but they're only about 6 metres apart.
I suspect that the 120 volts is too much, and I should do further investigation, but just wondered if anyone had experienced such a high induced/capacitive voltage (outside of a transformer!). I haven't had the flashing light thing, but I haven't sat and stared at the (off) light yet.
- Paul