dreef Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Anyone:Started up lights this season; did a trial run my house lights inside seem to flicker did not notice that last year. Does anyone know what this problem might be and how to take care of this?ThanksDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 When you say flicker, are you talking about dimming that might occur do to voltage drops or are you talking about a fast flicker?If the former, were there any power changes to your house or to you show from last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlashDude Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Our lights would do this last year.We added a dedicated sub-panel for just the lights, and during testing my wife said she didn’t see any of the inside lights dimming.…I also shortened the length of the feeder cables from the outlets to the controllers. (From 100+ feet each to less the 50 feet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Copper is a relative soft metal. And over time when compressed it can flow some to a less compressed area. That is why residental breaker panels should have all terminals tightened. Usually this is not done till there is a problem. If you feel comfortable with this. Then do it yourself. I would get a good flat blade screw driver. Put multi layers of electrical tape on the shaft to help prevent shocks or shorts. Open the Circuit Breaker box (take off cover). Then with the exception of the main lugs on the main breaker. I would go and tighten the screw on each breaker. Then each screw that has a wire under it on the neutral buss and the ground buss. Then test for flickering lights in the house. If they still flicker, and depending on your skills. I would check for tightness of the maing lugs and main circuit breaker if it screws into the C.B. Box.Heck could be a loose connection out under the meter base or at the pole / transformer. Depending on the load you are putting on your house electrical system. It could very well be as another person said. You need a new sub panel. Or add feeder from the pole and maybe power company might need to hang a larger transformer.Some of you guys using incandesint lamps almost need a nuke reactor in the back yard.. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreef Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yes, this is a dimming issue and we did add about 2000 additional lights this year.ThanksDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mitchell Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 It's a common issue. It's also fun if you can go down and listen to your breaker box singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 dreef wrote: Yes, this is a dimming issue and we did add about 2000 additional lights this year.ThanksDaveI don't get that with my Christmas display but I do get that when I fire up the subwoofers from my DJ rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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