Lighting Contractor

A brief dip when a motor starts is normal. Lights that dim and brighten on their own, or dim in one room while brightening in another, are not.

A smart bulb drops offline for one of three reasons. In older Milwaukee and Waukesha County homes, the power side is the one people miss.

Recessed lights that shut off on their own and come back a few minutes later are usually overheating.

LED lights glow faintly after you flip the switch off because a tiny amount of electricity is still reaching the fixture.

A smart switch usually drops offline because of its Wi-Fi connection or its wiring, not because the switch is broken.

Most smart switches do need a neutral wire, but not all of them.

Adding a ceiling light where no wiring exists costs more than swapping a fixture, because the price is driven by the wiring run, not the light.

Start by narrowing the fault.

Lights that keep tripping out point to an overload, a short, a ground fault or a loose connection. See what you can safely check and when to call.

A quick flicker when the AC starts is usually normal. Repeated, worsening or house-wide flicker can mean a loose connection or an overloaded panel.