Hi all,
I had a call out from a lady who thinks she has a ghost. The hall light flickers at night (and presumably during the day) when it is switched off. I have heard about this before as it is a low energy lamp. She insists that it happens with normal lamps too but I'm not convinced (tried one and it didn't do it).
The residual voltage (with lamp removed) is 50 Volt which seems very high. The light is on the landing (normal pendant) and has a 2 way strapper to downstairs (3c+e between switches). If I disconnect the strapper the voltage drops to about 20.
I haven't had the floor up yet. I have tried turning off all the other mcbs and that made no difference.
I have guessed that the strapper is running alongside the main feed to the upstairs lighting and inducing a voltage but it seems high.
Please, all thoughts and theories welcomed.
I had a call out from a lady who thinks she has a ghost. The hall light flickers at night (and presumably during the day) when it is switched off. I have heard about this before as it is a low energy lamp. She insists that it happens with normal lamps too but I'm not convinced (tried one and it didn't do it).
The residual voltage (with lamp removed) is 50 Volt which seems very high. The light is on the landing (normal pendant) and has a 2 way strapper to downstairs (3c+e between switches). If I disconnect the strapper the voltage drops to about 20.
I haven't had the floor up yet. I have tried turning off all the other mcbs and that made no difference.
I have guessed that the strapper is running alongside the main feed to the upstairs lighting and inducing a voltage but it seems high.
Please, all thoughts and theories welcomed.