We had a pretty major thunderstorm recently. Plenty of lightning and intense rain/wind, poles were knocked down, and we lost power for about 3 hours. When the power came back on, I noticed that my kitchen ceiling fan light would intermittently flicker. By flicker I mean go dim like the A/C or a major load was being turned on and then come back (but no major load was turning on). I thought this was an aftereffect of the storm and just forgot about it. I don't remember seeing it yesterday, but today I definitely noticed it. I then looked another ceiling fan light on the circuit and it was doing the same thing. I was about ready to check the switches (which were the only things I had even touched prior to the storm) when I turned on another light on a different circuit and noticed it there. All would flicker simultaneously. At the time I had a floor fan and dishwasher going, but I stopped the dishwasher and it flickered and I stopped the floor fan (d/w still on) and it flickered.
There appears to be no regularity or direct cause of it. The frequency has reduced tremendously since that first 45 minutes (I know have most lights in the house on to try and catch the flicker), but it was happening twice in a span of a minute before. As I've sat here with the light on, it hasn't happened once. I did manage to catch the twice in a minute on video though.
I will check the work that I was doing earlier that day to ensure all the connections are secure. However, both the circuit I was working on that day and the circuits where the lights are flickering are on AFCIs. Because of the virtually complete confidence I have that this did not happen before the storm, I am wondering if this is something I should contact my power company to check? and either way, what could be causing this?
There appears to be no regularity or direct cause of it. The frequency has reduced tremendously since that first 45 minutes (I know have most lights in the house on to try and catch the flicker), but it was happening twice in a span of a minute before. As I've sat here with the light on, it hasn't happened once. I did manage to catch the twice in a minute on video though.
I will check the work that I was doing earlier that day to ensure all the connections are secure. However, both the circuit I was working on that day and the circuits where the lights are flickering are on AFCIs. Because of the virtually complete confidence I have that this did not happen before the storm, I am wondering if this is something I should contact my power company to check? and either way, what could be causing this?
