Heres the situation:
My clients house is across the street from the beach ( I only mention this so anyone with a salt corrosion theory can toss out an idea), there is no switches in the house it has a Vantage InFusion lighting control system, at random times in different rooms lights flicker (its about a 7500 sq ft house) example the lights in the dining room may be fine but the sconce's in the stairwell may flicker or get dim then bright and repeat, or the kitchen may flicker, the most recent complaint was a light that was not turned on just turned on nobody touched the keypad just bam light turned on for no reason.
I am not the low voltage contractor or programmer I am the regular electrician I have been told this is an electrical issue not a "Vantage" issue, so what can the issue be electrically??
I have tied loads that flicker directly to the hot and neutral feeding the Vantage module and when tied to power the issue does not occur (left lights wirenutted on for 3 days and didnt flicker according to the home owner) when I put them back on the vantage output the load once again acts funny. I have done alot of troubleshooting on the high voltage side and cant find a way to say YES it is an electrical problem here's how I can fix it, all I can come up with is its a vantage problem and if it were a regular switch this wouldnt happen (especially when I was told the light just "turned on"). Can anyone tell me a reason this could happen in a house ond ONLY effect the lighting system?? Noting else 120/240 is effected.
Also its not inrush from any of the A/C's, none of the loads are near overloaded, not inrush from steam unit ect.
**EDIT** Also the bulbs are halogen/incandescent not LED bulbs which have such low resistance the module doesnt know its there and will backfeed it threw a neutral of another load which may be switched on (neutral bus is common for 4 loads) I have delt with that problem in the past and thats not the problem in this house.
My clients house is across the street from the beach ( I only mention this so anyone with a salt corrosion theory can toss out an idea), there is no switches in the house it has a Vantage InFusion lighting control system, at random times in different rooms lights flicker (its about a 7500 sq ft house) example the lights in the dining room may be fine but the sconce's in the stairwell may flicker or get dim then bright and repeat, or the kitchen may flicker, the most recent complaint was a light that was not turned on just turned on nobody touched the keypad just bam light turned on for no reason.
I am not the low voltage contractor or programmer I am the regular electrician I have been told this is an electrical issue not a "Vantage" issue, so what can the issue be electrically??
I have tied loads that flicker directly to the hot and neutral feeding the Vantage module and when tied to power the issue does not occur (left lights wirenutted on for 3 days and didnt flicker according to the home owner) when I put them back on the vantage output the load once again acts funny. I have done alot of troubleshooting on the high voltage side and cant find a way to say YES it is an electrical problem here's how I can fix it, all I can come up with is its a vantage problem and if it were a regular switch this wouldnt happen (especially when I was told the light just "turned on"). Can anyone tell me a reason this could happen in a house ond ONLY effect the lighting system?? Noting else 120/240 is effected.
Also its not inrush from any of the A/C's, none of the loads are near overloaded, not inrush from steam unit ect.
**EDIT** Also the bulbs are halogen/incandescent not LED bulbs which have such low resistance the module doesnt know its there and will backfeed it threw a neutral of another load which may be switched on (neutral bus is common for 4 loads) I have delt with that problem in the past and thats not the problem in this house.