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I live in an older mobile home. In the back bedroom, the light fixture over the bed runs off an extension cord that runs from a wall outlet. The wall outlet works off the light switch. Dont know why the overhead light runs off a drop cord. Been that way for 8 yrs. For 8 yrs, there have been no problems. I put an LED bulb in about 18 months ago. Flip the switch, light comes on. Flip it back, light goes off. No breakers trippin, no sparks, no smell, no noise. For about 2 months now, I wake up and the light is glowing. Not lighting the room up but pretty bright. I check with a meter, no current. No voltage. Power on, I get 85 volts. WTF? I get 120 everywhere else. Power off, I get nothing. Got nothing and put the bulb in, within 10 seconds, it glows. Turn it on, it lights up. Turn it off, it goes off. 10 seconds later it starts glowing. Is it some sort of induction? LED glowing from some environmental bullshit im not aware of. Why only 85 volts? Somebody on Poal knows more about this shit than I do. I work with chainsaws, not electricity. Im going to bed now. I really hope to wake up to a logical explaination. Thanks in advance, and fuk all yall mutherfukerz!

I live in an older mobile home. In the back bedroom, the light fixture over the bed runs off an extension cord that runs from a wall outlet. The wall outlet works off the light switch. Dont know why the overhead light runs off a drop cord. Been that way for 8 yrs. For 8 yrs, there have been no problems. I put an LED bulb in about 18 months ago. Flip the switch, light comes on. Flip it back, light goes off. No breakers trippin, no sparks, no smell, no noise. For about 2 months now, I wake up and the light is glowing. Not lighting the room up but pretty bright. I check with a meter, no current. No voltage. Power on, I get 85 volts. WTF? I get 120 everywhere else. Power off, I get nothing. Got nothing and put the bulb in, within 10 seconds, it glows. Turn it on, it lights up. Turn it off, it goes off. 10 seconds later it starts glowing. Is it some sort of induction? LED glowing from some environmental bullshit im not aware of. Why only 85 volts? Somebody on Poal knows more about this shit than I do. I work with chainsaws, not electricity. Im going to bed now. I really hope to wake up to a logical explaination. Thanks in advance, and fuk all yall mutherfukerz!

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[–] • 1 pt (edited )

This is a common problem but with a few reasons, LEDs don't need a lot of current, you can power one with just the RF from a mobile phone

it may be capacitively picking up voltage from another cable (especially in a 2 way switch arrangement), and that voltage is enough to run the LED

You might have a poor earth or the neutral isn't bonded to earth, so it floats at a higher voltage than it should

buy a better LED bulb and the problem should go away, Philips make nice ones

[–] • 0 pt

I had the same thought. Just been so long since ive dealt with wiring, I over think then doubt. The bulbs been there for a year. The glow started within the last few weeks or so. Nothings changed load wise. Makes me think something degraded like a switch. There have been contractors around installing fiber. So they say. Could be 5g transmitters or such. Timings right.

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Sorry I didn't mean to imply that, it's really nothing external like 5G, I just meant that they can be driven by very low currents and that simple capacitive coupling from other wires is a possibly.

I'd change the bulb first before fiddling with switches

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Lol. I changed it. Problem solved. The "why did it glow" will stay with me for awhile though.