I've recently moved into an old house which has less aged wiring. It is a 200 year old country house which was split into three dwelling places back in the 50s.
The fuse box is quite new and the cables I have seen look fine. However, occasionally the lights in the whole house will go dim for a few minutes and then return to normal brightness. Sometimes, the dimming is accompanied by a clanking noise from somewhere in the bowels of the house, though this may just be coincidence (we also have very high water pressure and experience quite a lot of noisy pipes as a result).
It affects the lights in the lighting ring as well as lamps plugged into the mains. No other electrical appliances show any similar effects.
If anyone could suggest what might be going on I'd be very grateful.
Thank you.
The fuse box is quite new and the cables I have seen look fine. However, occasionally the lights in the whole house will go dim for a few minutes and then return to normal brightness. Sometimes, the dimming is accompanied by a clanking noise from somewhere in the bowels of the house, though this may just be coincidence (we also have very high water pressure and experience quite a lot of noisy pipes as a result).
It affects the lights in the lighting ring as well as lamps plugged into the mains. No other electrical appliances show any similar effects.
If anyone could suggest what might be going on I'd be very grateful.
Thank you.