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House Lights Flicker/Dim when Flippers are Pressed

By CDogster

4 years ago


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    #35 3 years ago

    old thread, but relevant. I have the same issue in my town house built in 2017. Electric was inspected/Tested during our build process.

    CFL bulbs were in the can lights in my basement and i dont recall them dimming unless my laser printer kicked on.

    I switched to LED bulbs, specifically cheap daylight bulbs from Walmart (Great Value), which very well might be the issue, but the definitely flicker when hitting a flipper. Ill have to see if it does it when a pop, sling or vuk coil go, ive never really paid attention, but it seems related to the LED bulbs as i didnt notice it with the CFLs.

    EDIT: Also, ive never flipped a breaker while playing. I have 2 pins (South Park and TSPP) and a Pac-Man and TMNT cabinet, though rarely are they all on at the same time. I have had everything on at once for a pretty much an entire evening with friends over playing, and never flipped the breaker.

    #37 3 years ago
    Quoted from Yelobird:

    Most home LED bulbs unless defined Specifically for dimming will flicker if there is Any voltage drop as they assume they are being dimmed. Buy better Dimmable LED bulbs and I suspect your issue will be fine.

    They actually are Dimmable LEDs and I have a dimmer, maybe its the crappy dimmer i installed....

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    #40 3 years ago
    Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

    You need special dimmers for LED bulbs.

    The dimmer I have is for CFLs or LEDs, there is a mode switch on it you have to toggle. I checked it this past weekend as I also noticed the flippers make the CRT monitor on my TMNT and Pac-man cabinets bounce slightly.

    #44 3 years ago
    Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

    I should also mention, your LED's have to be dimmable along with the dimmer being for LED's.

    Yea i made sure of that lol. The lights were a little annoying, but im more concerned about the CRTs in my Pac-man and TMNT slighting bouncing when i press a flipper button

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