[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The lights in our kitchen are fluorescent. There's definitely a wiring problem on one of them, sometimes it'll light, sometimes it won't. Sometimes I'll have the lights turned on, that one will be dark, and 20 minutes later all of a sudden it'll light up. And sometimes it'll light up when I flick the switch, and 20 minutes later it goes dark again. We already replaced the bulb so it's obvious that the problem is with a loose wire somewhere. We'll just live with it, the other bulbs light up the kitchen nicely and when that one fires up it's just a bonus.

If these are the older fluorescent lights, they typically have a "starter" and these do tend to fail, also the fluorescent tubes start to fail slowly, so you may not have a wiring problem as it may just be a tube or starter.
One word of caution, I have no experience with the new LED replacement tubes, but a couple of neighbors did have problems trying to do this. The other option is to just replace the entire fixture with a new LED type.

[pikeselectric]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

If these are the older fluorescent lights, they typically have a "starter" and these do tend to fail, also the fluorescent tubes start to fail slowly, so you may not have a wiring problem as it may just be a tube or starter.
One word of caution, I have no experience with the new LED replacement tubes, but a couple of neighbors did have problems trying to do this. The other option is to just replace the entire fixture with a new LED type.

Hi there! Most fluorescent fixtures have an internal ballast - Could be described as the starter which powers the fluorescent tubes. Replacing the bulbs and still having the power issue could indicate an internal ballast failure. We recommend installing LED ballast-bypass tubes, wired in by a licensed electrician, to the existing fixture. This way, you do not have to replace the entire fixture. Otherwise, yes, LED integrated fixtures or a new style-flush mounted light can replace the existing. Then changing bulbs are a thing of the past! LED integrated fixtures have a better life expectancy in most cases over the old-style fluorescents. Have a great Thursday to all! - Casandra from Pike's Electric

[DonnaNi4os]

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I seriously thought it was a typo. Thanks for the info. I love to learn something new everyday.

[rsmurano]

We have this in our new house on 3 circuits, all with led lights and dimmers. The lights can flicker when you initially turn the lights on. Have had galaxy out a few times and they made some adjustments internally in the dimmer switches and it still flickers only at startup, it has been cut down by quite a bit after they made these changes. I think the issue will be solved when I change out the bulbs

[pikeselectric]

Hi rsmurano, Definitely consider the bulbs/compatibility to the dimmer. The standard grade LED dimmer installed at construction has its limitations however we suggest a Lutron DVCL dimmer for aftermarket service installations. Let us know if we can help, - Casandra from Pike's Electric

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

We have this in our new house on 3 circuits, all with led lights and dimmers. The lights can flicker when you initially turn the lights on. Have had galaxy out a few times and they made some adjustments internally in the dimmer switches and it still flickers only at startup, it has been cut down by quite a bit after they made these changes. I think the issue will be solved when I change out the bulbs

Make sure the new bulbs are labeled "DIMMABLE", you will pay a couple of dollars more but these are well worth it.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

If these are the older fluorescent lights, they typically have a "starter" and these do tend to fail, also the fluorescent tubes start to fail slowly, so you may not have a wiring problem as it may just be a tube or starter.
One word of caution, I have no experience with the new LED replacement tubes, but a couple of neighbors did have problems trying to do this. The other option is to just replace the entire fixture with a new LED type.

Yeah definitely not the tube (I mistakenly called it a bulb). We replaced it over a year ago when we noticed one day that it actually lit up. We didn't notice, for the past two years, that it did -not- light up. The lighting sort of wraps around the kitchen area in a U shape so it gets pretty bright in there even with the broken side. Then one day it was like "woah - it's so bright in here all of a sudden!" and that's when we realized we'd been living without 1/3 of our kitchen lighting for the past two years.

It still does that. Usually it doesn't illuminate. But once in awhile it will.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

One word of caution, I have no experience with the new LED replacement tubes, but a couple of neighbors did have problems trying to do this.

I have done a couple of conversions with LED replacement tubes, very simple and easy to do if you have done any simple wiring projects. .

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

I have done a couple of conversions with LED replacement tubes, very simple and easy to do if you have done any simple wiring projects. .

Let me clarify, a couple of the neighbors tried these, and there was some compatibility problem, the LED lamps would NOT work in their fixtures. Per the instructions (as i recall) these were remove old and replace with new, no wiring changes.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

I have done a couple of conversions with LED replacement tubes, very simple and easy to do if you have done any simple wiring projects. .

Heh - the previous owner was big into DIY and screwed up a LOT of things that we had to fix. I'm afraid if we try tinkering with the wiring in the kitchen ceiling we'll end up with an expensive renovation job.

[Stu from NYC]

We started with bulbs how did tubes enter into the discussion?

In any case today with lower afternoon temp no flickering.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

We started with bulbs how did tubes enter into the discussion?

In any case today with lower afternoon temp no flickering.

Because fluorescent lights flicker, and this is about kitchen lights, and I have kitchen lights, and some of them flicker. This is a thread about flickering kitchen lights.

[Ross]

Switch must be rated for led/incandescent.

[Stu from NYC]

Realized that lights are controlled by two switches. Will watch to see if flickering occurs on one outlet.

[darkim]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

For the past few months when we put on lights in the kitchen they flicker for about 20 seconds and than they are fine. There are 4 lights going on and they are all doing this.

Any idea why this should be happening and what to do about it?

Does not happen anywhere else in our house so scratching my head about this.

Is this happening on a new home? I needed to replace all the bulbs in both bathrooms since the bulbs were a low quality and began flickering after about 2-months. Change the bulbs and you'll be fine