What causes Blinking Lights?
Effective: 10/10/2005 1:10:00 PM Answer: Oil Circuit Reclosers are circuit breakers that operate on the high voltage power lines. They are designed to break the electrical circuit during periods of excessive current as a safety procedure. This break in the electrical circuit causes a loss of service for a moment and causes the lights to blink and digital clocks to be reset. Oil Circuit Reclosers may operate for several different reasons that cannot be eliminated. These reasons may be storms, equipment failure, animals in the circuit and accidents caused by automobiles involving electrical equipment. Loose connections caused by weather, vibration and heat over time may also cause a momentary loss in service causing lights to blink and dim. Large loads starting can also cause the lights to blink. When large loads start the current supplying the load is very high, causing a momentary decrease in voltage, in turn causing the lights to blink and dim.
