Why do my lights flicker?

[THE FLASH]

Poltergoost.

[red sheldon]

are the lights flickering but nobody's home

[@MacPhlea]

Recently, Ive noticed that every now and again certain lights in my house flicker. Its not a constant flicker, but a quick on then everything goes back to normal, i have notice this in several rooms in my house more notably in the kitchen when i had my main lights, extractor fan and lights, and under cabinet lights all on and one of my main four spot lights started going crazy, after turning off my extractor it stopped.

Any ideas what's causing this?

About a year ago my bathroom flooded and came through the kitchen but a sparky gave it the al clear.

Sounds like your poltergeist has created a dodgy connection in your extractor...  What sort of fuse board do you have?  Is it old? I ask because modern ones would trip at the slightest hint of a short (even a light bulb blowing will trip mine)

[Chubbs]

Thanks for the help (some of you) i put it down to being a bulb as it was only in the kitchen at first, so was waiting for it to go before replacing, but its started happening in other rooms, i'll probably have a spark come and check my fuse box etc just to be safe.

[Peter Venkman]

There can be a few underlying problems TBH it could be mains fluctations if you are close in proximity to a substation or the general age of wiring or even a variable earth on the house itself or another possibility is that there is a loose incoming power line into the junction box.

[steptoe41]

There can be a few underlying problems TBH it could be mains fluctations if you are close in proximity to a substation or the general age of wiring or even a variable earth on the house itself or another possibility is that there is a loose incoming power line into the junction box.

Either way you are fucked, as if you live close to a substation you will probably end up growing a spare head and dying of some horrible disease and if you have a loose incoming line into the box your house will probably catch fire and burn down.

All joking aside, I would just ring a sparky. PDQ.

[tans]

Either way you are fucked, as if you live close to a substation you will probably end up growing a spare head and dying of some horrible disease and if you have a loose incoming line into the box your house will probably catch fire and burn down.

All joking aside, I would just ring a sparky. PDQ.

This man speaketh sense, get it checked.