Zenduri Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Looking for an answer to this problem and I'm sure maybe only a sparky may be able to answer this. So today I was down the range and the club chairman announced he was going to conduct an experiment as there was an issue with one of the floodlights on the right hand wall of the range. Apparently it was reported by another club that shoots there that one of the flood lights was flickering whenever anyone shot out of bay 5 and 6 which was nearest the right hand wall. It happened with .357 and .338 Lapau but not with .22lr. So he brought his .357 Rossi lever action rifle down and we proceeded to take it in turns firing out of bays 5 and 6 and sure enough the light in questions kept flickering. The electrician the club uses went down range, checked the wiring of the light, came back and we fired some more and it happened time and time again. In the end the light was taken down and exchanged with another one which has cured the problem. The natural assumption to this experiement is that the pressure wave from the round going down range is causing the LED spot light to flicker. Can anyone explain how this effects an LED flood light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I think it's more likely that the light was slightly loose in it's fitting. As such, the pressure wave was enough to momentarily cause movement of the light within the fitting, breaking the connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Dry joint. Has range shooting gotten so boring now that a flickering light causes some excitment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenduri Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Dry joint. Has range shooting gotten so boring now that a flickering light causes some excitment? Haha no, but some people like to whine about minor things at the range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 You are shooting a .338 Lapua! What sort of range do you have for heaven sake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenduri Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) It's rated for everything up to but excluding .50cal and it wasnt me shooting Lapua but another person on another night Edited January 31, 2016 by Zenduri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambsman Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Quantum mechanics. Simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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