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Hi,

We have installed some wall lights, the touch ones with three settings. We have a issue that they keep coming on randomly. Even when nobody is in the house they come on when they come home. It's on a TT system, could it be a appliance in a cycle? Small spike in voltage? or a ghost? The lights have been replaced once. Anyone come across this before?
 
and be sure to lock the doors and leave the lights on when you go to bed. wooooooooo
 
serves him right for fitting wall lights. these went out with the demise of gas lighting.
 
if you miss those days, try the amish community. they still won't use electrickery or automobiles
 
NOOOOOO! don't go to bed!
That's when they'll get you

As long as you have a cover over you in bed, nothing can get you :)

And remember to snuggle down deep so your head is covered. No monster or ghosty will get through your duvet.
 
anyway, iv'e got the answer to the problem. it's ethernet. all those strange cyber waves in the atmosphere of the room switching the lights on.
 
Hi,

We have installed some wall lights, the touch ones with three settings. We have a issue that they keep coming on randomly. Even when nobody is in the house they come on when they come home. It's on a TT system, could it be a appliance in a cycle? Small spike in voltage? or a ghost? The lights have been replaced once. Anyone come across this before?

Firstly, You need to ensure that you have a good earth, so that the fitting can not pickup stray RFI signals.

As its a TT system, the ZS at the fitting will be in the region of 10-200 ohms, and not fraction of ohms.

The control electronics is being triggered by radiated RFI or conducted RFI.

If that's the case then the control electronics in the fittings are a bad design.

If the interference is conducted type then You will need to fit some type of HF filter,
in-line with the fitting supply, or convert to TN-C-S.

If its the radiated RFI, then you can not do much but to replace the fittings with a different make.
 
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