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Default A/C on one circuit causing voltage flicker on another (?)

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If the lights are flickering, you have a loose connection. If the lights are
dimming when a motor starts, it's normal



Hmmm. Lights dimming. Blinking too (let's say).

One possible reason: light got dim enough that you can
see the 60-cycles (or would that be 120 both brights and
dims per second?).


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Default A/C on one circuit causing voltage flicker on another (?)

David Combs wrote:
In article , RBM wrote:

If the lights are flickering, you have a loose connection. If the lights are
dimming when a motor starts, it's normal



Hmmm. Lights dimming. Blinking too (let's say).

One possible reason: light got dim enough that you can
see the 60-cycles (or would that be 120 both brights and
dims per second?).


David


Hmm,
Can you show here big initial reactive load (impedance) can change frequency
via math?
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