I have a new Hampton Bay flurorescent light (193871) that flicker (strobes) after it is turned off. It will strobe all night. I returned it one time, the new one does the same thing. What should I do :confused: ?

Tedndd

Is your switch a dimmer switch or just on/ off

On Off switch only

Check to see if the wires are cross,( may be an other possibility is that the ballast is malfunction plus the back feed volt from an other fluorescent on the same circuit).

The wires are corect, there is no line voltage with the switch off.

I went to Home Depot; they told me this is normal for some fluorescent lights. Is that true?

TEDnDee

When a lite is off it is OFF.not blinking... you got a defect product... blinking will burnout the lamp very quick. These lamps are not cheap... if you like the fixture enough may be you could make it work properly by install a switch that control both hot/neutral( assume hot/neutral come from the switch box)... OR DEMAND YOUR MONEY BACK guoc luck...

Well you may not believe this,but this is your problem, you may be close to a nearby radio or TV transmission tower, or some other source of radio waves.

Fluorescent lamps can flicker due to strong radio waves. This is why they will seem on or flicker when the power is off.

Magicians use to do this as a trick to hold a lamp that is lit in their hands with no wires.

There is a remote lamp tester, or at least there was, on the market that would emit radio waves while the unit was aimed at a lamp out of reach,and cause the lampt to flicker or illuminate at a low level to prove it was operational.

Not really sure how to make it stop, if it is troubling to you. There may be some info on the net to help stop this phenomenon.

Hope this helps

Kevin