i have recently moved house and the lights downstairs and the landing light seem to be flickering on a regular basis, living/dining room and landing are running from the same double dimmer switch but the kitchen light is on a single standard switch and the flickering is more severe.

also a dimmer switch in one bedroom buzzes when switched on.

can anyone help

Wez J, November 2007

This sounds like a loose neutral or switch wire, as the same problem exists in more than one part of the circuit. Would it be a coincidence that both the dimmer and kitchen switches are faulty? As for the buzzing dimmer, it could be a) a cheaply made dimmer, or b) the dimmer is underrated for the load that it switches, i.e. rated at 250 watts but switching lights in excess of this.

hope this helps

baz

baz, November 2007