Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Question - Floodlight Goes on and Off

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haroldlevy
01-22-08, 02:19 PM
When I turn on the light switch in my kitchen, one of the floodlights alternates being on and off every few minutes. What could be the cause?

racraft
01-22-08, 02:41 PM
Heat would be my first guess. It's probably too high a wattage bulb for the fixture.

Other possibilities include a bad thermal sensor in the light or a bad connection that is intermittent.
chandler
01-22-08, 05:13 PM
Or each light could have a photocell on them and are reacting to each others light and dark mode. Re aiming the photocell may help.

pdp8e
02-25-08, 10:40 PM
take an extension chord to each light (if they have plugs) and see if they stay on. if they do there may be a bad circuit breaker that is making bad contacts at the fuse panel., do this for each lamp to make sure its not the sockets heating up too much

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