Lights beautify a home and are very essential to living comfortably. When our lights begin to develop faults, it makes us very uncomfortable. This is why you need to know some basic facts about the lighting systems. This is not to suggest you solve the problem yourself. It will simply help you to identify the problem and call a qualified electrical company such as SparkVolt Electrical Services.
To start with, when some of your lights go off, it is possible there is a problem with that particular lighting fixture. However when all lights in your property suddenly go off, it could be a sign of a serious electrical fault. It is therefore needful to call a qualified electrician to rectify the problem immediately.
When your lights make a humming or buzzing sound, it could be an electrical fault. However not all buzzing sounds indicate an electrical problem. The clue to determining which one is a possible fault is when the buzzing sound is louder than usual and becomes persistent. Then you know it is time to call a qualified electrician to inspect it.
In addition to this, if the light fixture itself makes a simple humming sound, simply changing the affected fixture can solve the problem. This is mostly seen when using fluorescent lights. At SparkVolt, we recommend you switch from the standard fluorescent lighting fixtures to high quality LED fluorescent or other non-fluorescent LEDs.
Lights come with switches. Meaning that a lighting fault could be because of a faulty switch. If your switch gives you an electric shock, you need to call in a qualified electrician. Electrical shocks is a sign of bad wiring, damaged wiring or old wiring.
There are many reasons why your lights may go off. The fault can be fixed in minutes, hours or days depending on the severity of the issue. In all this, remember to ensure everyone is safe after which you call SparkVolt Electrical Services to fix the problem.
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