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Light in room flickers when turning it on
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I have paid a premium for a bulb that flickers. Seems they are quite the thing in pubs, it stops one reading the menu too easy, and I note old wiring regulations refer to "Lighting fittings using filament lamps installed in a room having a non-conducting floor," when allowing lighting without an earth. I do not think the writers in 1955 (13th edition) ever considered in their wildest dreams, what we have with LED lighting today?
I think that they had only just started realise that you could light a room using electricity back then (Gas Mantles were the norm)
Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. I have now come across another issue with the lighting in this bedroom - yesterday and this morning after I switched on the light in the room, I then plugged in a hairdryer in one of the sockets in the room and immediately this caused the light in the room to flicker for 2-3 seconds...this now makes me think that's it's not just a case of the light switch or light fitting being faulty or could it still be? Any advice on what could be causing it?
What practically, have you done so far, to attempt to diagnose it?
I had something similar the once it turned out to be a faulty main switch.
Not saying it's your problem but you never know.
Not saying it's your problem but you never know.
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