Wierd household electrical fault

[Zippy]

its a CFL / LED and the dimmer / switch is damp.

they have fairly low current requirements and a damp switch (humidity) passes enough to strike but once its ignites it dries the path.

used to happen occasionally on my bedroom light when having a shower. better exhaust Fan fixed it.

Sounds plausible, but why would the flashing be so regular? It almost sounds like his burglar alarm has got wired to the light fitting.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Have you tried bleeding the......I'll get me coat

[Bunk]

Have you tried bleeding the......I'll get me coat

I started typing that and managed to stop myself.

[vetran]

<>It's working as a relaxation oscillator.

Whatever leakage is present is charging up the capacitance in the cabling and the CFL until there's enough voltage for the lamp to strike.

Once it's struck, the voltage decays rapidly & the lamp goes out again.

Rinse & repeat.

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good job there is always a Giant Alien Lizard when you need one.

[Sysman]

I don't know what caused your lighting issues, but it appears to have been the day for weird electrical problems.

We had a power cut yesterday too.

Well two cuts actually. When the power came on after a good 30 minutes we only got 5 minutes before there was another short cut.

[EternalOptimist]

Exploding batteries are not uncommon. My first wife had a vibrator battery explode in mid, ....well, you get the idea.
Had to jump start the car for a week till I could afford a new one

[xoggoth]

Trust z to solve this one. Actually, I shoulda dunna Google, it's pretty common apparently.

[BrilloPad]

We had a power cut yesterday too.

Does this mean its sunspots? Or Nibiru?

[gingerjedi]

We had a total loss of power that would trip out every time we switched it back on, turns out a squirrel had gotten into the loft and chewed through the 30A shower cable.

Poor bugger was found with it limbs in a star jump stance, teeth still gripping.

[Normie]

The last power cut we had killed my ups.

Ho hum.

Last power cut we had killed my TV, microwave, HiFi, alarm radio, DAB radio, hob, oven, boiler control panel and 2 DS chargers.

Apparently all houses in our street had damaged goods - the mains supply "broke down" resulting in a big electrical surge on the neutral (I think thats what they said). All items replaced/repaired with a week.