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AKADriver t1_j4quevq wrote

Your house actually still has fuses, or is this a circuit breaker? Not likely the problem, just thought I'd clarify because breakers can go bad in weird ways. Or, if you do in fact have glass fuses you might have some seriously old and questionable wiring inside the walls.

My thought is the kitchen light junction box has a flaky connection in it or the kitchen light itself is faulty (is it also LED? CFL? flourescent tubes?) and this is affecting everything 'downstream' (the hall light).

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bigpapi7 OP t1_j4qw9gz wrote

Sorry, circuit breaker. Thanks for clarifying.

The lights in the kitchen are recessed canisters. All of them are at the same brightness level whether it’s the full thing or 75%, so it has to be either the switch or a voltage issue

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ntyperteasy t1_j4r30p1 wrote

I don't think this is good. It sounds like you have some non-dimmable bulbs on a circuit with a dimmer. That will always end badly.

I would disconnect the wires from the first fixture that started flickering and see if that solves your problem.

Do you have a dimmer or a switch? For troubleshooting, you can replace the dimmer with a simple on-off switch and see if everything works properly like that. If it does, then its a poor interaction between the dimmer and the LEDs. Not all dimmers are rated for LED's and not all LED's are dimmable. Check what you have...

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bigpapi7 OP t1_j4raomv wrote

Both the hallway light and kitchen lights are regular on/off switches, no dimmers.

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AKADriver t1_j4qx7dr wrote

I would start at the junction box for the switch to the kitchen lights then. Look for burnt looking stuff, loose wire nuts.

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