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LED Mini Flood Light flickering

Alchase

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I bought this house in 2015, replaced all the light bulbs in the house with LEDs.
Now I have one (of 12) of my LED Mini-floods in my kitchen, that flickers when the AC or Heat comes on?
They have worked perfectly for years.
I tried replacing with a new bulb, same flicker happens.
Any ideas where to look to solve this issue?
 
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Pantsfall_McFixit

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It may seem to be a silly question, but what kind of flickering is it? Is it constant flickering, or just one short flicker for a tenth of a second, etc?
 

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Is it on the same breaker as the heat ? LED's can be picky about voltage and noise on the line. It might be the fixture. Is the lamp making good contact in the fixture ? Mybe check the fixture wiring ?
 

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LED Lighting has demonstrated a great sensitivity to voltage fluctuations. Incandescent lamps tend to "ride through" short dips, but not so with the LEDs.
 
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IF it happens every time the AC comes on could also be a bad bulb socket connection loosening from a vibration
 
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Alchase

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It may seem to be a silly question, but what kind of flickering is it? Is it constant flickering, or just one short flicker for a tenth of a second, etc?

it is kinda random, it only does it when the AC or heat comes on.
The connection to the cans is up in the attic.
I need to get up there are chech the connections.
 
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Alchase

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Update!
After Silverplate said:
"Non-Dimmable led bulbs do not flicker."

I looked in my stash of mini-Floods, looking for a Non-Dimmable bulb.
Then I got an idea, Why I had not tried this before, I have no clue. Talk about a total Brainfart!
I took a bulb that was functioning in a different socket, and placed it in the socket with the flickering problem. No Flicker!
I then put the flickering bulb, and the bulb I was trying to replace it with, each in the known good socket.
Both Flickered!
So I actually had two bad bulbs, the original and the one I was trying to replace it with.

Now all is as it should be.
thank you to everyone who replied!
 
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