Strange Flickering

[andrew77]

I'm hoping somebody has had some experience with this one.

 

I have a room of lights downstairs that flickers when I press any Insteon in the house.

 

It flickered a little when I had a regular dimmer on it when I pressed Insteon kpls swls etc...

but I chalked it up to a cheap dimmer.

 

I figured it would go away with the swl (latest model) but it's still there.

 

The room of ten lights is the only thing on the breaker.

 

I have the same lights all through the basement hooked up to Insteon and no other issues.

 

It also flickers when I'm programming with the Console.

 

I have an electrician who can come and check it out but I wanted to ask on the forum first.

 

Drew

[richardl007]

do you have a ted5000?

[LeeG]

What type of load is being used? Unlikely simple incandescent bulbs. CFLs, LEDs, etc?

[oberkc]

To be sure that I am clear: You have a circuit with ten lights only. The ten lights were all controlled by a simple "regular, cheap" dimmer. The ten lights are now controlled by an insteon switchlinc. In both cases, the ten lights all flickered in response to any other insteon devices?

 

I have experienced some of the fancy Lutron switches react to insteon signals, but not simple "cheap" dimmer switches. I can only think that there is a loose wire somewhere.

[andrew77]

I brought a friend over who is a licensed electrician.

I looked at the system and said it didn't make sense either.

No loose wires or issues with anything he could find.

I replaced it with another SWL and it doesn't seem to do it.

The real test will be when I put that same SWL in another room to see if it flickers.

 

Then I'll know its the SWL.

 

Drew

[polexian]

I had the same problem localized to one room. When i turned on the ceiling fan the light would flick on then off. The switch would react though. It quit doing it after a while.

 

 

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[andrew77]

Encouraging. Thanks.

 

I hope the SWL is fine. I'm moving it to another room to see.

 

Drew