Power [Mostly OT]

[vertaxis]

At 07:32 AM 2004/10/31, phil wrote:
>I've been having something odd happening over the past few weeks -- 
>getting worse -- and wonder if anyone here might have a comment because of 
>being local or because of facilities experience.
>
>Sometimes various electrical things here turn off for anywhere from an 
>estimated 1/4 second to 5 seconds.  At the same time, other items on the 
>same circuit keep running fine.  When it starts happening, it will 
>continue for maybe ten minutes  with two-or-three of these flickers per 
>minute, happening two-or-three times per day.  (When it started it was 
>more like a couple of "blinks" and then again the next day.)
>
>The things that are affected include the TV, furnace, refrigerator, 
>ceiling lights....  So far, the computers haven't had a problem, but it's 
>nerve-wracking to be working when the lights suddenly go out!
>
>Anybody have experience that would point to a cause for this kind of thing?


Since the big blackout last year, I've had 4 or 5 significant brownouts.

My advice:  UPS, UPS, and more UPSes.  It's the only way to protect your 
computer hardware from the sags and spikes.  Other electronic equipment 
will be vulnerable as well. so at a minimum, that expensive stereo or TV 
should be on a good filtering powerbar.

If no-one else in the neighbourhood is having these problems with power, 
then start looking for a bad fuse or breaker in your home.  Check to see if 
your power problems are isolated to a single circuit.

V


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