On Dec 22, 10:56*am, wrote:
Billy wrote:
We have lived in our present 1964 built home for 5+ years and have
recently noticed the lights in several rooms "flickering". When I say

OK, first things first. *Do you have aluminum wiring? *If you are
not sure, get an electrician in to check this *now*. *What you are seeing
is classic indication of a high resistance connection, a common problem
with aluminum wiring (which was used a lot in the 1960s) and leads to
house fires.

* Is the symptoms I describe a serious issue, or are surges that
pulsate the lights something normal?

Something is not right. *There is a loose or corroded connection
or connections somewhere. *This could be a bad ground or neutral
return at the service entrance, or cold flowed aluminum wiring,
or a few other things. *

* How would you approach this type of issue, with an electrician or
the electrical company providing my service?

Get an electrician to make an assesment. *He'll know immediately if
you've got aluminum wiring by looking in the breaker box.
This could get expensive if you need to replace a lot of wires, but
the alternative is a good chance of a house fire.

Do this ASAP! *Please.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

No aluminum - I'm familair with that issue and I stayed away from
houses that have it. I dont think that my home year falls under this
installation timeframe either......I think aluminum was installed
later than 1964.....

Thanks for all of your input.......