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If we plug our bedside lights in the plugs on the shared wall the bulbs are dull and flicker. If we change the bulbs to colour mode they are bright and constant. Both bulbs developed the problem at the same time.
Mrs zips hairdryer goes full blast when plugged into the same sockets.
Different lamp same bulb and it still flickers.
I would have thought if the plugs are dodgy everything plugged into them would be affected.
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Notwithstanding the above which is the obvious culprit, going to need some more info here. What do the lamps do when plugged into other sockets? What bulbs? Are they controlled by an app which has recently been updated & the functionality has changed?
No dimmers in the picture? Sounds like the current is a stroke low
Have plugged it in downstairs and all is well.
Must be the plugs but why is a low power bulb affected when in white mode but not in colour? What about the hair drier ,surely that should have a major hissy fit?
Do you have another socket upstairs you can try? It's possible that the floors are on different circuits and there could be some sort of interference. Do you have a network extender (PowerLink) in the circuit?
Get a basic plug in socket tester, to check for earth is good and live and neutral is not swapped.
Have tried it in other rooms upstairs. OK in small room and on landing, the other 2 rooms not good. The good landing plug is situated on the other side of the wall to one of the bad plugs in the bedroom.
The lamps are controlled via a wifi extender as it needs to run on 2.4 not 5 and I have no idea how to switch our virgin box to 2.4.
Will order a plug tester. Is this what I need?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAIWEETS®-Electrical-Voltage-Display-Neutral/dp/B087TYXHKW/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=socket+tester&qid=1677014298&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
Might be worth checking the wires are securely connected to the backs of the two sockets (I'm assuming you're talking about two separate wall sockets in your bedroom?).
⚡⚡MAKE SURE YOU ISOLATE THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY TO THE SOCKETS BEFORE YOU START POKING AROUND BEHIND THEM!⚡⚡
LED lighting can do funny things when connected to dodgy supplies.
One socket may be a spur off the other (wired in a chain) - a loose connection to the first socket could show at the second one too.
IANAE.