I have a floor standing lamp, those ~6ft tall lamps that are often like $20 at big box stores. It has a switch on the side that IIRC would work with a 3 way light to select 3 different levels. Well one day the bulb burnt out and I replaced it with a standard bulb. Now when I turn on the bulb it turns the light on & off about once a second so the light pulses. Turn the knob one more click and the light stays on permanently, once more = off, once more back to flashing & once more back on - repeat.
I live in the states & I have ~121vac @ 60hz.
I've tried about 20 different bulbs and they all do this, though I don't have any 3 ways ATM. It does this with LED, incandescent & CFL's so it doesn't seem to be bulb related.
I was wondering if maybe there is a rectifier in the circuit that has 1/2 shorted but I would think I'd get a much faster pulse than 1 per second, I'd get 30 per second. All the bulbs work fine in other lights so I have no idea what is going on with this.
Any idea what is going on?
I live in the states & I have ~121vac @ 60hz.
I've tried about 20 different bulbs and they all do this, though I don't have any 3 ways ATM. It does this with LED, incandescent & CFL's so it doesn't seem to be bulb related.
I was wondering if maybe there is a rectifier in the circuit that has 1/2 shorted but I would think I'd get a much faster pulse than 1 per second, I'd get 30 per second. All the bulbs work fine in other lights so I have no idea what is going on with this.
Any idea what is going on?