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james_s:
Interesting, I don't recall ever having a light switch fail, except for a case where one got physically damaged by moving a large piece of furniture. For just a few dollars you can get nice heavy duty spec grade switches as used in commercial buildings, they're much sturdier and feel nicer so I usually use those.
Rick Law:

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--- Quote from: Rick Law on April 29, 2021, 05:53:40 pm ---I have to pay more attention to such quick-blink from now on.  The in-coming power may be less reliable than I thought.
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Even if your incoming power is relatively stable, it is rather common for the $0.59 light switch in the wall to make poor contact and make lights flicker, even burning out incandescent bulbs much sooner than "normal".  Anywhere that you have poor lifetime on any sort of bulb, especially if you notice any flicker, consider changing the wall switch for good measure.

That reminds me, I need to change the one in my bathroom, it's been starting to noticeably flicker sometimes (easily verified in this case by wiggling the toggle a bit to see that it's not always making a good connection) and it has burned out a couple bulbs fairly rapidly.  I've just been too lazy to actually change it and yet always try to sort of forcefully turn it on to make sure it connects well.  Which is dumb, because I already have new switches on hand, probably at least a couple 10-packs of them, and I've already wasted more light-bulb-lifetime-dollars than the <$1 switch.   :palm:

I guess I really should change the damn switch.  It would take me 2 minutes...   ::)

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Another thing that I didn't consider (even as I am struggling with my flash light switch now and again)...

Starting this thread is a lot more beneficial than I thought.  This is good - I am more alert of these now.
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