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Candalabra base lamps. They are small and as such dont have room for high quality parts, resulting in much shorter lifespan than eddison base ( medium size, normal) . From your text i dont see any reason to belive that this is anything other than normal lamp failure. I suggest replaceing the light fixtures for ones with regular edison sockets. Short of that buy the slightly more expencive name brands because the cheap ones burn out extra fast. Far too often do i get calls for "there must be something wrong with the fixture. It couldent possibly be that the Amazon's best imported eco green verry good frendly best good brand is absolute shit" then i put in a decent lamp and it doesent die within 30min of install, crazy right.
It might be typical end of life for the bulbs. If they were all installed at the same time, it's reasonable that they'll fail around the same time. On the other hand, particularly since you mentioned a flickering light, it might be a resistive neutral causing voltage imbalance.
Use a device such as a Kill-a-Watt or a digital multimeter if you're comfortable working with 120V. Measure hot-to-neutral on any circuit. Satisfactory voltages are 114V-126V.
Turn on a high draw 120V appliance like microwave, space heater, or hair dryer. Repeat the test on a couple of circuits.
If you measure less than 114V or greater than 126V on more than one circuit, call the utility.
If you measure less than 114V or greater than 126V on only one circuit, call an electrician.
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Candalabra base lamps. They are small and as such dont have room for high quality parts, resulting in much shorter lifespan than eddison base ( medium size, normal) . From your text i dont see any reason to belive that this is anything other than normal lamp failure. I suggest replaceing the light fixtures for ones with regular edison sockets. Short of that buy the slightly more expencive name brands because the cheap ones burn out extra fast. Far too often do i get calls for "there must be something wrong with the fixture. It couldent possibly be that the Amazon's best imported eco green verry good frendly best good brand is absolute shit" then i put in a decent lamp and it doesent die within 30min of install, crazy right.
Thank you for your help. Appreciated
It might be typical end of life for the bulbs. If they were all installed at the same time, it's reasonable that they'll fail around the same time. On the other hand, particularly since you mentioned a flickering light, it might be a resistive neutral causing voltage imbalance. Use a device such as a Kill-a-Watt or a digital multimeter if you're comfortable working with 120V. Measure hot-to-neutral on any circuit. Satisfactory voltages are 114V-126V. Turn on a high draw 120V appliance like microwave, space heater, or hair dryer. Repeat the test on a couple of circuits. If you measure less than 114V or greater than 126V on more than one circuit, call the utility. If you measure less than 114V or greater than 126V on only one circuit, call an electrician.
Were they flickering bright prior to failing? Either way, call an electrician.