I was very surprised only because I had a neighbor, who is an industrial electrician perform this procedure not more than 2 years ago. I have been experiencing problems with even the microwave. It literally wouldn't run at full power at times. I couldn't warm my cup of coffee. To my pleasant surprise after I checked and tightened slightly all the connections that would allow it I put the panel back together and turned the main back on and it appears everything is back to normal. Still, I am absolutely amazed after doing this several months ago, that this was the issue. Can't thank you enough!!!
Great Video! Direct and to the point. You stated enough times if someone does not feel comfortable doing this then hire a pro. So from all of us that like doing there own work a BIG THANK YOU!
You Sir are the man.👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿 This problem irritated me to the core when it now followed me in my everyday residential house yesterday and that's after 9 months I experienced it 1st in my Holiday/Vacation house that's over 500km away. Your video helped alot just now and I can't wait to apply your advices on the other house. Thank you alot from 🇿🇦.
Sir you just saved my butt and I owe you a debt if gratitude. I have been running around with a tester for days and even replaced a couple breakers and still the flickering! It was driving me mad! I watched several other videos as well and they never mentioned this! So simple dont know why Thankyou!
Worked for me! Half of my breakers in my subpanel had no power after the lights would flicker and go out. Watched this vid and tightened all of the wire connections and the problem was solved. Most of the connections were tight. None were what I would consider loose, loosest was maybe a quarter turn. Thanks for the help.
Although a loose neutral can commonly do this, a ground wire should not be drawing current except when something else is wrong. If tightening a bare ground fixed the problem, there is another issue, such as a corroded/loose neutral with incorrect ground bonding. It could be as simple as a frayed appliance wire.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had flickering lights in my 14 year old Mobile Home. The circuit breakers were OK on the panel inside the home but the main grounding wire on the outside panel was loose by about a half turn. I snugged it up and the flickering light problem went away. Big relief because I was thinking I had a problem that would cost thousands of dollars for repairs by a licensed contractor.
Super helpful, I had one really really lose wire - not tightened at all and two that needed more than a little tightening the rest just a touch. Problem solved. Cheers.
I drove myself nuts trying to figure out why my lights were flickering. Not as dramatic as the beginning of this video. More like dimming really quick. I done all the things in this video and more. Tightened screws in panel, changed plugs and switches. My lights in certain rooms wouldn’t flicker but was in sync with the washing machine. All of the things happening was crazy and the randomness of it also will drive you crazy. I even have an electrician in the family. Solution: The one thing we did know for sure is all this started happening right after we had our house painted and new gutters put up. Well I was having trouble with the internet so the cable company came out. While he was outside the TVs went off, microwave, plugs in other rooms and wouldn’t come back on. We ask him what he did he said I just unscrewed the cable and put it back but your electrical wire from the pole to house is hanging real low. He said I’m no electrician but it’s below code. Called power co immediately and had a broken neutral. It’s the wire with no coating. That was the culprit. Power guy said the gutter guys must of disconnected the line from the house and the only thing holding it up was where the neutral was connected to house. The weight of line snapped the neutral. The neutral regulates the power coming in. It’s supposed to be 120 volts but I was getting as high as 150 volts. All that ended up frying was a power strip that saved one of my TVs, it blew the bulbs on both flood lights and the most expensive casualty was my over stove microwave. Sorry for long story but if this can save you time and sanity it’s worth it. Check your line from pole to house.
This is VERY interesting. There seems to be no limits to what can go wrong but this is a really good story to share and great detective work on your part. Thank you for this,I think it will help others for sure.
Charles Dunn thanks. I really appreciate the explanation. A couple of years ago we had a massive power surge-took out the frige, one TV and a power serge battery combination unit on the office computers. Time to get the pros to chase some wires! Thanks again.
William C. That could just be a voltage drop. Anything that consumes power will drop the voltage that comes in. Therefore something as high current as a washing machine can definitely drop the voltage enough to see a difference in the lights intensity.
My small 2 cents. #1 for home owners they should use a torque screwdriver. They sell them for cheap at your local big box store. I believe the setting for those breakers is 25 in lbs, it also says either on the front or side of the breaker. That way they dont over or under tighten. #2 I would separate the grounds from the neutrals. Having them on the same bar is one thing but on the same lug is another. But great quality video and sound advice 👍
If you notice that sometimes lights go dim, and sometimes they are brighter than normal, that is the classic symptom of a loose/bad neutral connection. A bad neutral voltage can be anywhere from 0 to 250 volts, instead of the normal 120 volts, and will in no time damage appliances and electronics. Doing what is recommended in this video would be a good first step in trying to solve the problem. I would also visually check the 3 line wires that go to the main breaker and neutral bus. I would look for signs of arcing, and overheating, and if you did see something wrong call an electrician and don't try repair this yourself.
Yes it happened to me, the outside neutral wire to my meter was corroded causing the lights to flicker, the electrician changed all the outside wiring, meter box and electrical panal
One more layer of safety when working with electrical wires is to wear a pair of dry leather gloves. Leather is non conductive as long as they are dry. Make sure they don't have ANY holes in them as that makes them useless as far as shock protection goes.
@@edstimator1 I went to my doctor one time for a prostate exam and after I changed out of my clothes into a robe I walked back into the exam room and asked my doctor where to put my pants. At which time he pointed over there and calmly replied, ”you can put your pants over there with mine”!!! WAIT WHAT??? Why ain't he got his pants on??? Bwahahahahahaha!!!
I like being educated so when I call a professional I understand what they are doing , or if they are missing something I can ask about it,also so they do not over charge me.
there is terminal torque spec listed usually on the side of the breaker or in the documentation, then you use a torqing screw driver to tighten to the desired in-lbs
My pc is on the same breaker as a couple bedroom lights in my old house and this started happening, shutting my pc down. This video saved me from buying a new psu that other forums were suggesting. Thanks for posting, you saved me time and money!
LED bulbs will sometimes flicker because of defective electronics. Call the manufacturer and they will probably help out by sending a coupon or two to cover replacement cost of the bulb(s). Same for when the bulbs don't last as long as specified.
Sometimes flickering might be caused by networked circuits (shared neutral for 2 opposite hots) used for light circuit and washing mashine (or other device containing motor). Then solution is to call an electrician. Basically those circuits must be separated.
Your video is fantastic thank you I have a question though? My wife uses her hair iron In the bathroom and the lights in the kitchen flicker or dim what should I do?
The neutrals are the loose wires way more often than the breaker wires. Especially in older panels where the neutral bars are tiered. The neutral screws tend to be harder to turn because they’re more likely to be seized.
Great point. It;'s definitely worth checking those as well. I have received a lot of feedback at how many people are suffering from blinking and flickering lights, seems to be a big problem for a lot of people.
Why do one of the LED light flicker or blink onces at a certain time like every minute or 2 intervals but all switch is turned off . 9 led light on my ceiling. Thanks for sharing.
The 2002 NEC does not allow multiple neutrals under the same lug. ... Section 408.21 in the 2002 NEC specifically states, "Each grounded conductor shall terminate within the panelboard in an individual terminal that is not also used for another conductor."
That book is 19 years old. Electrician for 9 years and they don’t recommend you do it but if need to you can. Only rule is it must be the same size and same type. For instance a stranded and solid wire of the same size can’t go under the lug but you can put to 2 solids under one or 2 stranded under one only if same size. I don’t like to do it but sometimes you got to with old panels
thx, very helpful. I had an electrician come out and he did this however it caused my lights in master bath to flicker. I contacted him and now hes saying its loose wires? Ive lived in my house 12 yrs never flickered before. Whats you thoughts on this? I feel like he may have caused the problem.
It's always possible he didn't tighten something and may need to check his work. If those lights never flicked before you could also have a bad breaker. If the problem didn't exist before he did his work then it would be a good idea to have him look at what he did. I hope this helps, let me know how it works out. Best wishes to you!
He might have overtightened and cracked a breaker also. Have him or someone check for cracks... Easiest thing to do is replace the breaker for the bathroom and see if that doesn't resolve the issue.
Turned out to be caused for me with a recent LED dimmer I installed in my house that is older. Reverted back and seemed to help the dimming issues in my house.
Typically flickering lights is a problem with the neutral or ground. Also those baggy blue gloves are more dangerous than working bare handed. Just my two cents appreciate your vids just electrician with 35years experience
Hi, I just had a light switch and I tire installed in my kitchen, it was working fine. We recently had a thunder storm with strong thunder, and now that light fixture randomly flickers for a little while then stops. It happens sporadically, what do you think that might be?
Any ideas on what would cause every light in a house to flicker occasionally, not just a single circuit? We built a house that has entirely LED bulbs, and our homeowner says that a few times each day all of the lights will flicker for a fraction of a second. I know this is typical if something that draws a large current turns on, such as the A/C compressor. However, the A/C compressor does not seem to be the cause. I suspect the well pump might be the culprit, since we installed a large 3/4 HP pump, and it seems to happen most frequently in the morning when water is being used. The power company checked their incoming power and said all was OK, and our electrician has checked to ensure that all connections are secure. Thanks.
If it's every led light doing this than it's still very likely a load inside. The most common thing I still see is home laser printers and copiers. Even when they don't print they randomly will cycle during the way. They can still cause this same issue throughout the house. The other thing is if regular dimmer switches are used and even ones that are LED compatible can still be incompatible with certain bulbs. A homeowner might think it's every light but they can only be in one room at a time so a lot of times it's really just one circuit affected. These are tricky to find but maybe that helps.
Lights in my house have been flickering all day. Sat down to UA-cam to troubleshoot and saw this comment - remembered my printer ran out of paper this morning and it stayed on with an error instead of auto turning off. Bingo! Problem solved. Gotta love YT.
@@SilverCymbal wow ty ty ty!!! Just moved into a new house and lights in one part have flickered since day one, and was indeed my lazer printer. Problem solved with the flick of a switch. Pun intended and ty again!
Having tremendous electric problems at the house. Some lights aren't working or sometimes work but most of the time don't. I strongly suspect some lose wire somewhere as on a low voltage light it does light up in the Kitchen like a dim candle. Really odd. All the light switches changed. The Light fittings have been changed. Now the fuse box...I suspect either something in the fuse box or else something has chewed through the wiring. As I said before, occasionally, like when it is warm, the lights come back on. Perhaps they're expanding in the fuse box causing a connection. Must be something somewhere doing it.
I noticed the grounds and neutral wires on some were under the same terminal 😮. They should absolutely be separated. Grounds under one and neutral under another.
We experienced flickering lights on different circuits in a new house, and it turned out that the main supply cables at the meter were loose. The problem was found and corrected by the power supplier while following up on our issue.
But if a wire slipped out some you would have to push it back in.. The screws loosen sure & its good to tighten them so wires don't slip out, but i don't see how it would make your lights flicker unless it was slipping out, maybe not a direct connection? by either way you'd want to make sure the wires are pushed in all the way wouldn't you? I'm not a professional but my uncle was a grandmaster lineman so i do know a bit about electricity & have worked on it a bunch of times throughout my life.
Ever since i added a fancy Bidet from Costco in my mothers bathroom her lights randomly flicker... I suspect its due to the bidet drawing power to heat the seat. Or Hertz missmatch. @SilverCymbal, do you got any ideas for a fix?
Most are dual type screws, they can use a standard flathead or a square drive driver, which works well but many electricians still just use a larger flathead
@@SilverCymbal Awesome. Last question. Microwave is causing lights to flicker throughout entire house? Any thoughts? Solutions? Suggestion? Much appreciated, good video.
I found some roof top units or florsent lights can cause Flickering shut those off to see if not move on. If the Led lights flickering it can be a dimmer switch may not be compatible. If flickering lights remove 1 Led light put in 1 incondence light bulbs the filament will bleed the homonic that tell you Led bulbs not compatible with dimmer switch. Then look for loose wire. Trick works 1 bulb load of a switch will tell you with light circuit the problem in stead pulling the hole place apart work alot for me. So I can look at a smaller part of the house pin point what room it is faster.
What would cause all lights in house to "pulse" every second. Every 1 second the lights slightly dim. When running an old microwave the incandescent lamp inside is seen to dim on the same periodic cycle. This pulsing effect happens all day and night. I realized it is not actually pulsing in amplitude but instead dimming in amplitude.
I have a perfectly normal home, never happens. I was sitting in my fort with with my friends on FaceTime. The lights started flickering and I freaked out. I heard footsteps when I was home alone that night because my family were on a vacation and left me home with the cat. The cat was in my room laying down with me. One of my friends called my mom and we were in tears. Anyway, I got scared but my parents watched this and everything looked fine.
I have a kitchen light that won't turn on for awhile now and the hallway light now is doing it both have dual light switches. Also the light in kitchen by the basement stepd flickers
Just had a through the wall ac mounted. Lights started flickering a week and a half later. Not all the lights in the house flicker. I did notice that where is you plug in the cord, it's loose and when I pushed the plug in, the area where the three prongs are gets pushed in also. Thoughts? anyone please and thank you
My brother had lights dimming when the washer, dryer, or large load cycled on and off. The power company found the neutral cable on the pole a few feet from the weatherhead was damaged to about two thirds of it's original diameter. Seems a squirrel had been chewing on it and some strands were severed. It was near a pecan tree where they like to spend time. However, they replaced the wiring between the poles and the transformer, also. So, either the neutral, or the transformer, or both caused the current to cycle in the house.
I recently moved in my dads house that has been abandoned for 2 years. The kitchen light wouldn’t work after power had been restored and my daughter was in her bedroom using a hair dryer then all of a sudden all lights went out in the house then came back on and now the kitchen lights are working and now there are flickering lights all through out the house. Any ideas?
The lights in my bathroom have been doing this for awhile bad like it’ll make you sick if you leave it on, and my kitchen lights flicker a little bit when my washing machine is running.
I opened up mine And found a little black Box which is the capacitor for fan , not Current limiting device. The light is flashing on and off every second. Any advise?
I upgraded all my bulbs to LED a few years ago.. and all was fine. Then I upgraded my tank water heater to a big 3 line electric water heater. Everything was working fine. Then 6 months later we noticed some new LED bulbs flickering when water is heating. The old bulbs that don't flicker are Ecosmart daylight 120v 60hz 9.5w 193ma 840 Lumens non-dimmable . The new bulbs that flicker are Ecosmart 120v 60hz 9.5w 171ma 840lm non-dimmable and 120v 60hz 9.5w 150ma 800lm non-dimmable. I also tried 9w and 8w bulbs and dimmable from other brands. Everything new flickers. I'm sure my system is too big for my house and this 200 amp service. About to call an electrician and possibly downgrading my water heater. We have 3 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 4 adult occupants.
Had a 150-watt incandescent bulb that started a random flicker a few weeks before it burned out. Thought it might be the old dimmer, but replacing the bulb solved everything. Also, LED dimmers are usually backward-compatible to incandescent lamps, but if you upgrade to LEDs you usually must replace the old dimmer to the new LED-compatibles.
When I turned on washer, I just noticed 'white flashes of light' coming from behind my washing machine. There were approx. 5 flashes of lights. What could possibly be causing it? It's an OLD washing machine.
I liked this video. But heres my story: bought my house 2016, lights were always dimming when microwave was being used or the wall ACs. ALWAYS! House is not new, but it was renovated. So last week, May 2020, half of my home lost power. I was like FUCK!!! Called FPL. They told me to run a checklist. At the end, they came. I thought “They will probably tell me to call an electrician and that will cost me hundreds” well..... guess what? That FLICKERING and DIMMING problem..... was all caused because.... THE MAIN LINE, from the Pole in the Street to my House was burned. The FPL guy said something like “You got popcorn cables”. 3 hours laters, trucks came, replaced the line, now no more Flickering. No more Dimming. House has full power. Life is good
I've noticed the fans in my house are fluctuating in speed and the lights are flickering? When I turn on my electric frying pan the lights also flicker. Any thoughts? Ty.
I had lights in my kitchen and batchroom but the other day i came home and the kirchen was out but the batchroom was working . N the breaker is the same one . Would a bad breaker cause this. Or would it all go out no matter what
If they are on the sane breaker the first thing I would check is the actual switch on the wall that controls it. Sometimes they fail and also check the bulbs, and fixtures themselves. Don't take anything for granted, odd simple things are most often the cause.
@@SilverCymbal its a tiny house thats old. The kitchen bed rokm amd bathroom all run off the same single breaker in the pannel for aone reason. Not seperate switches . Theres a maine and a water tank n living room n another i believe, with out it infront if me. But the actual issue is that the other day i unpmugged a charger for a drone batt n i believe it went out then. The tbing is when the breaker is on. The bathroom works but the bedrokm and kitvhen in that same breaker dont . No plug outlets not lights switches nothing in those areas. Except the bathoom . I told them i tbought they hooked too many rooms to it . But i cant think of anything other the the wires loose some where or sonething chewed it since one room on that same breaker if working when the breaker is on . So i have it off now so no fire issue ir anything from that one.i purchased a cpl breakers today. To try tomrrow hopefully. And check alll the connections. I dont know too much about home wireing n electrical but i have been doing auto electeical for yrs an i cant imagine its harder then that lol. As long as the main is off then should be safe correct?
I was very surprised only because I had a neighbor, who is an industrial electrician perform this procedure not more than 2 years ago. I have been experiencing problems with even the microwave. It literally wouldn't run at full power at times. I couldn't warm my cup of coffee. To my pleasant surprise after I checked and tightened slightly all the connections that would allow it I put the panel back together and turned the main back on and it appears everything is back to normal. Still, I am absolutely amazed after doing this several months ago, that this was the issue. Can't thank you enough!!!
I would suggest stop drinking coffee or change brand if you can't drink a cup of coffee without it going cold🤷
Great Video! Direct and to the point. You stated enough times if someone does not feel comfortable doing this then hire a pro. So from all of us that like doing there own work a BIG THANK YOU!
Thank you for the kind comment and watching!
You Sir are the man.👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
This problem irritated me to the core when it now followed me in my everyday residential house yesterday and that's after 9 months I experienced it 1st in my Holiday/Vacation house that's over 500km away.
Your video helped alot just now and I can't wait to apply your advices on the other house.
Thank you alot from 🇿🇦.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I Fixed my problem for free in less than 10 minutes!
Sir you just saved my butt and I owe you a debt if gratitude. I have been running around with a tester for days and even replaced a couple breakers and still the flickering! It was driving me mad! I watched several other videos as well and they never mentioned this! So simple dont know why Thankyou!
This is a very helpful video! And I'm planning on being a electrician one day too!
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Worked for me!
Half of my breakers in my subpanel had no power after the lights would flicker and go out. Watched this vid and tightened all of the wire connections and the problem was solved. Most of the connections were tight. None were what I would consider loose, loosest was maybe a quarter turn.
Thanks for the help.
That sounds like you lost a phase maybe a bad main breaker
Wow ..this is a phenom flickering problem fixer….have been blaming the wall outlet…kudos to you..🇨🇦
Gonna try this when my husband comes home, and see if it helps, thank you so much!
Yep that was the issue! Loose ground wires. Thanks for saving me some time and money.
So glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching and the kind comment!
Although a loose neutral can commonly do this, a ground wire should not be drawing current except when something else is wrong. If tightening a bare ground fixed the problem, there is another issue, such as a corroded/loose neutral with incorrect ground bonding. It could be as simple as a frayed appliance wire.
Yea ,a loose ground should not cause lights to flicker . You have another problem
Man, how have i missed this guy? Thank you sir!
This problem happen to me. Man I wish I would have saw this video. Could have saved an hour or two. New subby.
I am a little nervous to do it myself, but I might try and I will let you know the results.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had flickering lights in my 14 year old Mobile Home. The circuit breakers were OK on the panel inside the home but the main grounding wire on the outside panel was loose by about a half turn. I snugged it up and the flickering light problem went away. Big relief because I was thinking I had a problem that would cost thousands of dollars for repairs by a licensed contractor.
Glad it was helpful and solved your issue. Thank you for letting me know.
Glad you didn't catch a lightning bolt trying to fix it.
Love the starwars warning label lol
Great video!!! Regards from The Handyman Italy !
Super helpful, I had one really really lose wire - not tightened at all and two that needed more than a little tightening the rest just a touch. Problem solved. Cheers.
Glad it helped, thank you for sharing your update too, I love to hear it!
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I drove myself nuts trying to figure out why my lights were flickering. Not as dramatic as the beginning of this video. More like dimming really quick. I done all the things in this video and more. Tightened screws in panel, changed plugs and switches. My lights in certain rooms wouldn’t flicker but was in sync with the washing machine. All of the things happening was crazy and the randomness of it also will drive you crazy. I even have an electrician in the family.
Solution:
The one thing we did know for sure is all this started happening right after we had our house painted and new gutters put up. Well I was having trouble with the internet so the cable company came out. While he was outside the TVs went off, microwave, plugs in other rooms and wouldn’t come back on. We ask him what he did he said I just unscrewed the cable and put it back but your electrical wire from the pole to house is hanging real low. He said I’m no electrician but it’s below code. Called power co immediately and had a broken neutral. It’s the wire with no coating. That was the culprit.
Power guy said the gutter guys must of disconnected the line from the house and the only thing holding it up was where the neutral was connected to house. The weight of line snapped the neutral. The neutral regulates the power coming in. It’s supposed to be 120 volts but I was getting as high as 150 volts. All that ended up frying was a power strip that saved one of my TVs, it blew the bulbs on both flood lights and the most expensive casualty was my over stove microwave.
Sorry for long story but if this can save you time and sanity it’s worth it. Check your line from pole to house.
This is VERY interesting. There seems to be no limits to what can go wrong but this is a really good story to share and great detective work on your part. Thank you for this,I think it will help others for sure.
Charles Dunn thanks. I really appreciate the explanation. A couple of years ago we had a massive power surge-took out the frige, one TV and a power serge battery combination unit on the office computers. Time to get the pros to chase some wires! Thanks again.
Charles Dunn our lights flicker in sync with the washing machine too. We also had gutters installed a few months ago...
Charles Dunn thanks for the heads up. It’s a great thing that it did not arch over and create a fire.
William C. That could just be a voltage drop. Anything that consumes power will drop the voltage that comes in. Therefore something as high current as a washing machine can definitely drop the voltage enough to see a difference in the lights intensity.
Excellent write to the point no fluff and definetely it works
My small 2 cents. #1 for home owners they should use a torque screwdriver. They sell them for cheap at your local big box store. I believe the setting for those breakers is 25 in lbs, it also says either on the front or side of the breaker. That way they dont over or under tighten. #2 I would separate the grounds from the neutrals. Having them on the same bar is one thing but on the same lug is another. But great quality video and sound advice 👍
Fixed my issue, thank you!
If you notice that sometimes lights go dim, and sometimes they are brighter than normal, that is the classic symptom of a loose/bad neutral connection. A bad neutral voltage can be anywhere from 0 to 250 volts, instead of the normal 120 volts, and will in no time damage appliances and electronics. Doing what is recommended in this video would be a good first step in trying to solve the problem. I would also visually check the 3 line wires that go to the main breaker and neutral bus. I would look for signs of arcing, and overheating, and if you did see something wrong call an electrician and don't try repair this yourself.
Yes it happened to me, the outside neutral wire to my meter was corroded causing the lights to flicker, the electrician changed all the outside wiring, meter box and electrical panal
Very well explained. Thanks.
The ground screws usually don’t become loose because they’re non current carrying conductors. Neutrals simply carry the imbalance.
Thank you so much. My kitchen, bathroom and one outlet were flickering and following your video fixed the problem. 👍🏼👍🏼
When my brother worked for the power company they stressed to him that most residential electrical deaths happen when removing the metal panel cover.
You are a genius and helped me immediately. Thx.
Thank you...low lying fruit and good reminder.
One more layer of safety when working with electrical wires is to wear a pair of dry leather gloves. Leather is non conductive as long as they are dry. Make sure they don't have ANY holes in them as that makes them useless as far as shock protection goes.
edstimator1 so, this guy wearing his proctologist’s gloves was a waste of time?
@@KitchenerLeslie2 Just make sure that when he's giving you an exam that both hands aren't on your shoulders
edstimator1 I’m pretty sure they have to, to keep your back straight and for some reason my doc doesn’t want me turning around
@@KitchenerLeslie2 and you keep finding reasons to go back...donchya?
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Excellent! Thank you.
I like being educated so when I call a professional I understand what they are doing , or if they are missing something I can ask about it,also so they do not over charge me.
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Great thorough video. And I don’t even have an electrical issue.
Good advice, sometimes you might have a bad breaker and I had to replace it.
Will check if this is my issue. Thanks. My issue is, in bathroom I have 3 lights. Sometime, left one flickers, some other time middle one pluckers.
there is terminal torque spec listed usually on the side of the breaker or in the documentation, then you use a torqing screw driver to tighten to the desired in-lbs
Good video thank you
If i turn off the main breaker
Will i still get shocked tighting those screws?
My pc is on the same breaker as a couple bedroom lights in my old house and this started happening, shutting my pc down. This video saved me from buying a new psu that other forums were suggesting. Thanks for posting, you saved me time and money!
Thanks! It worked
Thanks, I'll give it a try and hopefully it will stop my front porch light from looking like a strobe light.
I have the same issue with my porch light. Have you fixed it?
I have a problem when switching on and off the light switch of the living room or kitchen my tv flicker, is it the same solution?
Thanks
LED bulbs will sometimes flicker because of defective electronics. Call the manufacturer and they will probably help out by sending a coupon or two to cover replacement cost of the bulb(s). Same for when the bulbs don't last as long as specified.
Sometimes flickering might be caused by networked circuits (shared neutral for 2 opposite hots) used for light circuit and washing mashine (or other device containing motor). Then solution is to call an electrician. Basically those circuits must be separated.
Great point, thank you
Your video is fantastic thank you I have a question though? My wife uses her hair iron In the bathroom and the lights in the kitchen flicker or dim what should I do?
Thank you. I'll try this before I contact an Electrician who will do the same for $600
The neutrals are the loose wires way more often than the breaker wires. Especially in older panels where the neutral bars are tiered. The neutral screws tend to be harder to turn because they’re more likely to be seized.
Great point. It;'s definitely worth checking those as well. I have received a lot of feedback at how many people are suffering from blinking and flickering lights, seems to be a big problem for a lot of people.
Dude you shouldn't be double tapping your neutral wires, They should have their own termination screw.
Why do one of the LED light flicker or blink onces at a certain time like every minute or 2 intervals but all switch is turned off . 9 led light on my ceiling. Thanks for sharing.
And sometimes it can be@meter...either burnt on load or line side ...but it can turn into a troubleshooting nightmare💥⚡⚡
The 2002 NEC does not allow multiple neutrals under the same lug. ... Section 408.21 in the 2002 NEC specifically states, "Each grounded conductor shall terminate within the panelboard in an individual terminal that is not also used for another conductor."
That book is 19 years old. Electrician for 9 years and they don’t recommend you do it but if need to you can. Only rule is it must be the same size and same type. For instance a stranded and solid wire of the same size can’t go under the lug but you can put to 2 solids under one or 2 stranded under one only if same size. I don’t like to do it but sometimes you got to with old panels
Good video thanks
Don't forget to make sure there is no power to the wires before checking if they are tight. I don't trust even the "off" switch.
thx, very helpful. I had an electrician come out and he did this however it caused my lights in master bath to flicker. I contacted him and now hes saying its loose wires? Ive lived in my house 12 yrs never flickered before. Whats you thoughts on this? I feel like he may have caused the problem.
It's always possible he didn't tighten something and may need to check his work. If those lights never flicked before you could also have a bad breaker. If the problem didn't exist before he did his work then it would be a good idea to have him look at what he did. I hope this helps, let me know how it works out. Best wishes to you!
@@SilverCymbal are you a state licensed electrician?
He might have overtightened and cracked a breaker also. Have him or someone check for cracks... Easiest thing to do is replace the breaker for the bathroom and see if that doesn't resolve the issue.
Turned out to be caused for me with a recent LED dimmer I installed in my house that is older. Reverted back and seemed to help the dimming issues in my house.
Super helpful
Typically flickering lights is a problem with the neutral or ground. Also those baggy blue gloves are more dangerous than working bare handed. Just my two cents appreciate your vids just electrician with 35years experience
It also could just be the mind flayer, you never know
good tip ty!!!
Wouldn't you have other issues with other items on that circuit if this was the problem? Itsjust a led lamp flickering....not the entire circuit!
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Hi, I just had a light switch and I tire installed in my kitchen, it was working fine.
We recently had a thunder storm with strong thunder, and now that light fixture randomly flickers for a little while then stops. It happens sporadically, what do you think that might be?
Great.. Thanks..
I like ur safety gloves lol
Any ideas on what would cause every light in a house to flicker occasionally, not just a single circuit? We built a house that has entirely LED bulbs, and our homeowner says that a few times each day all of the lights will flicker for a fraction of a second. I know this is typical if something that draws a large current turns on, such as the A/C compressor. However, the A/C compressor does not seem to be the cause. I suspect the well pump might be the culprit, since we installed a large 3/4 HP pump, and it seems to happen most frequently in the morning when water is being used. The power company checked their incoming power and said all was OK, and our electrician has checked to ensure that all connections are secure. Thanks.
If it's every led light doing this than it's still very likely a load inside. The most common thing I still see is home laser printers and copiers. Even when they don't print they randomly will cycle during the way. They can still cause this same issue throughout the house. The other thing is if regular dimmer switches are used and even ones that are LED compatible can still be incompatible with certain bulbs. A homeowner might think it's every light but they can only be in one room at a time so a lot of times it's really just one circuit affected. These are tricky to find but maybe that helps.
@@SilverCymbal then* it's very
Lights in my house have been flickering all day. Sat down to UA-cam to troubleshoot and saw this comment - remembered my printer ran out of paper this morning and it stayed on with an error instead of auto turning off. Bingo! Problem solved. Gotta love YT.
@@SilverCymbal wow ty ty ty!!! Just moved into a new house and lights in one part have flickered since day one, and was indeed my lazer printer. Problem solved with the flick of a switch. Pun intended and ty again!
watching this coz my lights in my bedroom is flickering wtf
Having tremendous electric problems at the house. Some lights aren't working or sometimes work but most of the time don't. I strongly suspect some lose wire somewhere as on a low voltage light it does light up in the Kitchen like a dim candle. Really odd. All the light switches changed. The Light fittings have been changed. Now the fuse box...I suspect either something in the fuse box or else something has chewed through the wiring. As I said before, occasionally, like when it is warm, the lights come back on. Perhaps they're expanding in the fuse box causing a connection. Must be something somewhere doing it.
I noticed the grounds and neutral wires on some were under the same terminal 😮. They should absolutely be separated. Grounds under one and neutral under another.
We experienced flickering lights on different circuits in a new house, and it turned out that the main supply cables at the meter were loose. The problem was found and corrected by the power supplier while following up on our issue.
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But if a wire slipped out some you would have to push it back in.. The screws loosen sure & its good to tighten them so wires don't slip out, but i don't see how it would make your lights flicker unless it was slipping out, maybe not a direct connection? by either way you'd want to make sure the wires are pushed in all the way wouldn't you? I'm not a professional but my uncle was a grandmaster lineman so i do know a bit about electricity & have worked on it a bunch of times throughout my life.
Is this kind of prob mean we have grounded wire connections that makes our bill increased?
hi i recently got a new pc do you think my power supply could have any thing to do with my lights
Ever since i added a fancy Bidet from Costco in my mothers bathroom her lights randomly flicker... I suspect its due to the bidet drawing power to heat the seat. Or Hertz missmatch. @SilverCymbal, do you got any ideas for a fix?
This clue about the bidet just allowed me to figure out what’s been causing flickering on some lights sharing a circuit with it! Thank you
What kind of screw driver is needed to tighten the ground screws?Mine appears to have 4 sides
Most are dual type screws, they can use a standard flathead or a square drive driver, which works well but many electricians still just use a larger flathead
@@SilverCymbal Awesome. Last question. Microwave is causing lights to flicker throughout entire house? Any thoughts? Solutions? Suggestion? Much appreciated, good video.
How about flickering in ceiling can, flood type led bulbs… 💡
Each screw should be torqued to the correct torque setting that is implemented on most new breakers
I found some roof top units or florsent lights can cause Flickering shut those off to see if not move on. If the Led lights flickering it can be a dimmer switch may not be compatible. If flickering lights remove 1 Led light put in 1 incondence light bulbs the filament will bleed the homonic that tell you Led bulbs not compatible with dimmer switch. Then look for loose wire. Trick works 1 bulb load of a switch will tell you with light circuit the problem in stead pulling the hole place apart work alot for me. So I can look at a smaller part of the house pin point what room it is faster.
What would cause all lights in house to "pulse" every second. Every 1 second the lights slightly dim. When running an old microwave the incandescent lamp inside is seen to dim on the same periodic cycle. This pulsing effect happens all day and night. I realized it is not actually pulsing in amplitude but instead dimming in amplitude.
I have a perfectly normal home, never happens. I was sitting in my fort with with my friends on FaceTime. The lights started flickering and I freaked out. I heard footsteps when I was home alone that night because my family were on a vacation and left me home with the cat. The cat was in my room laying down with me. One of my friends called my mom and we were in tears. Anyway, I got scared but my parents watched this and everything looked fine.
good move , wire go from one plug to another , if you tap a plug and lights flicker than the screw on that plug need to be retighten
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I have a kitchen light that won't turn on for awhile now and the hallway light now is doing it both have dual light switches. Also the light in kitchen by the basement stepd flickers
Just had a through the wall ac mounted. Lights started flickering a week and a half later. Not all the lights in the house flicker. I did notice that where is you plug in the cord, it's loose and when I pushed the plug in, the area where the three prongs are gets pushed in also. Thoughts? anyone please and thank you
how do you turn off the power to the circuit breaker?
You MUST use (insulated screwdriver)
If the main is off, why would you need to use an insulated screwdriver?
My brother had lights dimming when the washer, dryer, or large load cycled on and off. The power company found the neutral cable on the pole a few feet from the weatherhead was damaged to about two thirds of it's original diameter. Seems a squirrel had been chewing on it and some strands were severed. It was near a pecan tree where they like to spend time. However, they replaced the wiring between the poles and the transformer, also. So, either the neutral, or the transformer, or both caused the current to cycle in the house.
I recently moved in my dads house that has been abandoned for 2 years. The kitchen light wouldn’t work after power had been restored and my daughter was in her bedroom using a hair dryer then all of a sudden all lights went out in the house then came back on and now the kitchen lights are working and now there are flickering lights all through out the house. Any ideas?
Found out what my problem was.....I had a loose neutral in my outside main breaker box.
Is this blinking led for all lights in the house or only certain switch lights only?
The lights in my bathroom have been doing this for awhile bad like it’ll make you sick if you leave it on, and my kitchen lights flicker a little bit when my washing machine is running.
My light flickers at 3 am my living room only dose that mean the wire is loose
Dose not flicker in the day time
that light at the start be running up that hill 💀💀💀💀
From Lawn work to electrical?
Now I know it's not a ghost
I opened up mine And found a little black Box which is the capacitor for fan , not Current limiting device. The light is flashing on and off every second. Any advise?
I upgraded all my bulbs to LED a few years ago.. and all was fine. Then I upgraded my tank water heater to a big 3 line electric water heater. Everything was working fine. Then 6 months later we noticed some new LED bulbs flickering when water is heating. The old bulbs that don't flicker are Ecosmart daylight 120v 60hz 9.5w 193ma 840 Lumens non-dimmable . The new bulbs that flicker are Ecosmart 120v 60hz 9.5w 171ma 840lm non-dimmable and 120v 60hz 9.5w 150ma 800lm non-dimmable. I also tried 9w and 8w bulbs and dimmable from other brands. Everything new flickers. I'm sure my system is too big for my house and this 200 amp service. About to call an electrician and possibly downgrading my water heater. We have 3 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 4 adult occupants.
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Don't try this esp if only one lamp is blinking. Normally is just the lamp itself or the led driver.
Had a 150-watt incandescent bulb that started a random flicker a few weeks before it burned out. Thought it might be the old dimmer, but replacing the bulb solved everything. Also, LED dimmers are usually backward-compatible to incandescent lamps, but if you upgrade to LEDs you usually must replace the old dimmer to the new LED-compatibles.
When I turned on washer, I just noticed 'white flashes of light' coming from behind my washing machine.
There were approx. 5 flashes of lights.
What could possibly be causing it?
It's an OLD washing machine.
I liked this video. But heres my story: bought my house 2016, lights were always dimming when microwave was being used or the wall ACs. ALWAYS! House is not new, but it was renovated. So last week, May 2020, half of my home lost power. I was like FUCK!!! Called FPL. They told me to run a checklist. At the end, they came. I thought “They will probably tell me to call an electrician and that will cost me hundreds” well..... guess what? That FLICKERING and DIMMING problem..... was all caused because.... THE MAIN LINE, from the Pole in the Street to my House was burned. The FPL guy said something like “You got popcorn cables”. 3 hours laters, trucks came, replaced the line, now no more Flickering. No more Dimming. House has full power. Life is good
OMG that is a scary story. Always best to get a pro for major work like that. But at least you got the bottom of it and no accidents!
what were the items on the checklist? Ive had dreams of my whole house losing power lol
I've noticed the fans in my house are fluctuating in speed and the lights are flickering? When I turn on my electric frying pan the lights also flicker. Any thoughts? Ty.
I had lights in my kitchen and batchroom but the other day i came home and the kirchen was out but the batchroom was working . N the breaker is the same one . Would a bad breaker cause this. Or would it all go out no matter what
If they are on the sane breaker the first thing I would check is the actual switch on the wall that controls it. Sometimes they fail and also check the bulbs, and fixtures themselves. Don't take anything for granted, odd simple things are most often the cause.
@@SilverCymbal its a tiny house thats old. The kitchen bed rokm amd bathroom all run off the same single breaker in the pannel for aone reason. Not seperate switches . Theres a maine and a water tank n living room n another i believe, with out it infront if me. But the actual issue is that the other day i unpmugged a charger for a drone batt n i believe it went out then. The tbing is when the breaker is on. The bathroom works but the bedrokm and kitvhen in that same breaker dont . No plug outlets not lights switches nothing in those areas. Except the bathoom . I told them i tbought they hooked too many rooms to it . But i cant think of anything other the the wires loose some where or sonething chewed it since one room on that same breaker if working when the breaker is on . So i have it off now so no fire issue ir anything from that one.i purchased a cpl breakers today. To try tomrrow hopefully. And check alll the connections. I dont know too much about home wireing n electrical but i have been doing auto electeical for yrs an i cant imagine its harder then that lol. As long as the main is off then should be safe correct?
Any tripped Ground fault Circuit protector outlets protecting the kitchen circuit ?