my alarm clock light flickering at 1 in the morning?

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I have a SonicAlert alarm clock with a light alarm and vibrating too. The problem is, when i am sleeping, the alarm clock tends to flicker--making the lights flicker as well too. And my alarm isn't even on! This has been happening for 3 days at least. The first day it was flickering. I thought it wasn't a problem so i decided to inorge it. But then the 2nd day, it did it again at 2 or 3 in the morning, waking me up. I pull my light plug out of my alarm clock and i felt the alarm clock vibrating. I thought it was my vibrator doing that, i checked it but its not. Instead its the clock itself vibrating. Do you have any ideas why my clock is doing this?
 
How old on your alarm clock?

Did you use switch settings on the bottom of your sonic alarm clock that switched to "ON" for signal receivers that would causing flickering or strange vibrate.. be sure turn to "OFF" that would not getting flickering or strange vibrate..

The sonic clocks can be receiving lot of interferences such as Non-sonic devices and other stuffs..

Mines that different company made alarm clock, it's large digital display.. the Compu-TTY alarm clock does that failures. Vibrator not working and strobe bar dies on mine, so I had to switch to audio with volume settings, the alarm clock sound very loudly that I placed the Ultratec sound detector box (very classic device) that plug in for the lamp flashing. Used be for fire alarm sound detector at old apt bldg.
 
Some have first alarms, and second alarms set.. You may have your clock set on two different alarm times. I would check and see if that is the cause first.
 
PowerWCRulez said:
How old on your alarm clock?

Did you use switch settings on the bottom of your sonic alarm clock that switched to "ON" for signal receivers that would causing flickering or strange vibrate.. be sure turn to "OFF" that would not getting flickering or strange vibrate..

The sonic clocks can be receiving lot of interferences such as Non-sonic devices and other stuffs..

Mines that different company made alarm clock, it's large digital display.. the Compu-TTY alarm clock does that failures. Vibrator not working and strobe bar dies on mine, so I had to switch to audio with volume settings, the alarm clock sound very loudly that I placed the Ultratec sound detector box (very classic device) that plug in for the lamp flashing. Used be for fire alarm sound detector at old apt bldg.
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I think my alarm clock is a couple years old. I think i got it when i was about 8 or 9 years old. I don't really remember at all. I just changed the switch on the bottom of the alarm clock. So i'll see how it reacts tonight when i am sleeping. I never thought that alarm clocks would be interfering with other non-sonic devices. I don't have a tty anymore. I used to but not anymore. instead, i have VP. But hopefully this problem will be done!
 
I had this happen - I ended up sendng my Sonic Boom to the Sonic Alert repair place to be checked - and it was working 100% fine!

It turns out it wasn't the Sonic Boom Alarm clock at all - the problem was that it was connected directly into the wall (and the electrically was causing a problem that made the Sonic Boom think it was being sent a signal or something)

The fix was to go get a GOOD quality power-bar with surge-protector (the kind you'd plug a computer, or expensive TV into ($20-35, don't get a $5-10 one). As soon as I plugged the Sonic Boom into that - ALL the problems went away, permanently !!!


Apparently apts or homes, especially with older wiring are more prone to this type of issue - because they get power "spikes" ... these power spikes are what trigger our Visual Signaller Receivers (Sonic Boom etc) ... however hearing people don't notice it because most high-end expensive electronics get plugged into a surge-protecting powerbar and the devices themselves have a bit of a "surge protector" included.

Also some apts/dorms (and rooms for rent in homes) have electrical systems that aren't 100% separate signals (they are 100% for monthly billing - but somehow they can "talk" to each other - unless you use Power-bar & surge protectors). I found this out when my downstairs neighbour in my apt building got a new phone-based TV package ... every time he turned on/off the TV my Sonic Boom flashed - the TV people came out and changed the "receiving signal" on his TV box and it was fine after that lol.

Hope that helps!!

P.S. my Sonic Boom Alarm Clock is 10years old and still works FINE (now that I plug it into the good powerbar with surge protector)
 
coolgirlspyer90 said:
I have a SonicAlert alarm clock with a light alarm and vibrating too. The problem is, when i am sleeping, the alarm clock tends to flicker--making the lights flicker as well too. And my alarm isn't even on! This has been happening for 3 days at least. The first day it was flickering. I thought it wasn't a problem so i decided to inorge it. But then the 2nd day, it did it again at 2 or 3 in the morning, waking me up. I pull my light plug out of my alarm clock and i felt the alarm clock vibrating. I thought it was my vibrator doing that, i checked it but its not. Instead its the clock itself vibrating. Do you have any ideas why my clock is doing this?
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I think it's a Paranormal activities. J/k. :lol:

Not really ghost thing. It have to do with interferece in house wiring system. Sonic Alert provide free capacitor that Professional Electrician or someone expert on house wiring to rig capacitor in fusebox so it "choke" line noise outside of house.

Also some appliance does create noise in electricial line causing alert device to flicker. Happens to mine sometime.

Catty
 
Or the Sonic Alarm is telling you it wants to go outside and poop.

Yiz
 
Anij said:
I had this happen - I ended up sendng my Sonic Boom to the Sonic Alert repair place to be checked - and it was working 100% fine!

It turns out it wasn't the Sonic Boom Alarm clock at all - the problem was that it was connected directly into the wall (and the electrically was causing a problem that made the Sonic Boom think it was being sent a signal or something)

The fix was to go get a GOOD quality power-bar with surge-protector (the kind you'd plug a computer, or expensive TV into ($20-35, don't get a $5-10 one). As soon as I plugged the Sonic Boom into that - ALL the problems went away, permanently !!!


Apparently apts or homes, especially with older wiring are more prone to this type of issue - because they get power "spikes" ... these power spikes are what trigger our Visual Signaller Receivers (Sonic Boom etc) ... however hearing people don't notice it because most high-end expensive electronics get plugged into a surge-protecting powerbar and the devices themselves have a bit of a "surge protector" included.

Also some apts/dorms (and rooms for rent in homes) have electrical systems that aren't 100% separate signals (they are 100% for monthly billing - but somehow they can "talk" to each other - unless you use Power-bar & surge protectors). I found this out when my downstairs neighbour in my apt building got a new phone-based TV package ... every time he turned on/off the TV my Sonic Boom flashed - the TV people came out and changed the "receiving signal" on his TV box and it was fine after that lol.

Hope that helps!!

P.S. my Sonic Boom Alarm Clock is 10years old and still works FINE (now that I plug it into the good powerbar with surge protector)
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This post makes the most sense. :)
 
Sonic Alert Clock always have problem when outlet come up in wrong hand
 
Babyblue said:
Makes sense.. yes.. but why always at the same time??
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It can be a number of things from the a/c or heat turning on, (can cause a spike or other odd issue, especially in older home/building etc), if you are in a multi-unit (condo, townhouse, apt etc) sometimes other people's electronics can "cross talk" in older buildings or in buildings that used to be single dwelling and have been split up into more rental units (may have electrical outlets that aren't 100% separate etc.

Because the Sonic Alert (and all "plug in and go" visual alert systems that use wall outlets) aren't hard wired into your home independent of the electrical outlets occasionally situations will occur that will cause funny power spikes or interference (so not a "spike" , just "line noise" - sort of like electrical static or tinnitus lol) which can trigger the receivers.

I actually spent a lot of time figuring out what the problem was when it happened to me - including speaking with a number of electrical technicians.
I worked in a repair department and one of our techs specialized in all types of electronic equipment - and was able to help figure out what the problem was. We were able to test it - and then actaully reproduce the problem by causing 2 types of interference 1) power spike 2) noise aka "dirty signal".

Once we figured out what was going on, I simply got a very good surge protecting power bar that also had a "filter" on it ... this filter (also called a "conditioner" is found on good surge protectors) makes sure that the electrical current is "clean" not with any thing that may cause issues with electronics. Since I've had it connected with the surge protecting power bar I have not even once had a "false trigger" ... it's now been 3years, and prior to the surge protector I was getting 1 trigger anywhere between every 48hours and every 3hours - so I'm absolutely sure that fixed the "problem". Nothing else was changed other than added the surge protector.


I also contacted Sonic Alert and they confirmed my finding and recommended (especially for multi-unit dwellings (apts, homes with rented rooms, older condos/townhouses etc) that receivers be plugged into a high quality surge protectors with the filter/conditioner ($20-50 depending on style # of outlets etc) to prevent any sort of "talking" or false triggering of the units.

I'd like to point out that this isn't a "Sonic Alert problem" it's an issue that exists for ALL visual or tactile signallers that work using the home/apts electrical outlets as the circuit (ie are plugged into the wall and send signals to other units that are also plugged into the wall). It is a more common issue in older places with older electric or that have been split up from a one family dwelling into a multifamily dwelling (a house made into 2 or 3 "units", an apt with very large 4bedroom units renovated so they are made into 2, 2bedrooms etc). Also - sometimes the issue is also the connections outside the building (how the individual units connect to the main transformer etc)


Hope that helps :)
 
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