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re: Electrician help--bathroom lights flicker
Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:59 am to CorkSoaker
Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:59 am to CorkSoaker
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just noticed this morning that the one over my husbands sink is but not the outlet next to my sink.
They're wired in series so one will cover both.
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:00 am to stout
Oh. Good to know. Thanks!
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:06 am to CorkSoaker
Is your breaker box on the outside of the house? We had this problem in the bathroom and room across the hall after a few days of rain and it ended up being water messing up the outside breaker box.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:13 am to CorkSoaker
GFCI outlet has absolutely nothing to do with it. (Just as someone said, the GFCI can protect other outlets by wiring them in a line/load fashion. Still unrelated to the lights.)
The lights flickering could be a number of things. Could be a power surge, but this would cause everything in the house that was on to flicker, as well. It could, also, be a switch going bad. This would make all lights ran by that particular switch flicker. If lights turned on by 2 switches flickered, it is NOT your switch. Also possible, It could be a loose connection on the power (homerun) line of that circuit.
I'd bet on a quick power surge, and just keep an eye on it. However, if you notice this as a somewhat regular occurrence get an electrician! Although unlikely, a loose connection can easily start a fire.
Source: I spent about several years doing electrical work around my college schedule.
The lights flickering could be a number of things. Could be a power surge, but this would cause everything in the house that was on to flicker, as well. It could, also, be a switch going bad. This would make all lights ran by that particular switch flicker. If lights turned on by 2 switches flickered, it is NOT your switch. Also possible, It could be a loose connection on the power (homerun) line of that circuit.
I'd bet on a quick power surge, and just keep an eye on it. However, if you notice this as a somewhat regular occurrence get an electrician! Although unlikely, a loose connection can easily start a fire.
Source: I spent about several years doing electrical work around my college schedule.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:19 am to Bacon84
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GFCI outlet has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Disagree. If there was a problem with a wire grounding out because of a loose connection as you stated, it would still possibly trip the GFI because that whole bathroom/homerun is still wired to one breaker. A surge like that will most likely trip the GFI.
I agree with you that it's possibly a light switch going out though.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:36 am to TeteRouge
In garage
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:57 am to CorkSoaker
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:18 am to LikeABaussCat
Oh, Andy....... 
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:59 am to stout
The receptacles would likely be on a different circuit than the lights, depending on how the electrician wired the house.
The GFCI tripping would not make the lights flicker. It could theoretically make them go out if they got power from the line side of the GFCI, but that would be very unusual and questionable wiring practices. Also, they would not flicker, they would turn completely off until you reset the GFCI.
If the lights and GFI are on the same circuit a bad connection could make lights flicker and the GFI trip, sure.... but the lights flickered because of the connection not the GFI. Therefore, the GFI is completely irrelevant. It is a cause and effect situation.
The GFCI tripping would not make the lights flicker. It could theoretically make them go out if they got power from the line side of the GFCI, but that would be very unusual and questionable wiring practices. Also, they would not flicker, they would turn completely off until you reset the GFCI.
If the lights and GFI are on the same circuit a bad connection could make lights flicker and the GFI trip, sure.... but the lights flickered because of the connection not the GFI. Therefore, the GFI is completely irrelevant. It is a cause and effect situation.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:06 pm to CorkSoaker
are you hearing any crackling sounds behind the switch plate?
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:09 pm to CorkSoaker
We had this happen when we first built our home... it happened with the a/c kicked on. Guy called a guy and it was something about the power coming to the house and it was an easy fix.
bottom line, note if it occurs when a/c comes on.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:12 pm to CorkSoaker
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master bathroom lights (all fixtures) flickered several times within 5 minutes.
Are these light fixtures fluorescent?
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:23 pm to Btrtigerfan
No
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:25 pm to detmut
No. But I didn't have my head near the switch plate. That would freak me out if I heard that. I would definitely be calling an electrician if I did hear crackling sounds
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:26 pm to CorkSoaker
Be careful and safe
Your kids are the most important thing
Your kids are the most important thing
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:29 pm to Walt OReilly
This is true.
I ended up asking my husband to call an electrician. He knows I'm probably over reacting but he also knows I won't stop worrying.
I ended up asking my husband to call an electrician. He knows I'm probably over reacting but he also knows I won't stop worrying.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:29 pm to CorkSoaker
I had lights flickering, and it turned out to be one of the lines coming into the house had a bad connection. I noticed the electrical tape had melted away. Called Entergy and they came out and redid the hookup.
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