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[Karen Lewellen]

such a terrific question!
The problem is in the house.
what I  suspect is that, because outlets on my floor share circuits with 
outlets on the upper floors, when  power changes up there, I get 
electrical feedback, or slight surges down here.
I do know that at least one outlet down  here shares circuits with items 
upstairs because when the space heater provided by my landlord caused a 
fuse to blow, he  experienced the problem upstairs.
I suspect that outlets in my family room share circuits with outlets 
upstairs because there are long windows of time  when, after again a 
change upstairs, outlets down here, or items connected to them do not 
work.
I suspect, but cannot prove  as I am unsure how Fibe for home draws power, 
that it is slightly possible what is happening is that fibe is drawing 
hydro  to manage those upstairs outlets impacting mine.
Lastly, given all this largely started when  upstairs changed to air 
conditioning, I suspect  some of those surges  come from that change.
does all this resonate?
Thanks for providing a rich way for me to think this through.
Kare



On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

> If you don't know the source of the problem, it is kind of hard to be
> sure where you need to fix it.
>
> I imagine that a whole house conditioner would be meant to address
> problems with power coming into the house.  If the problem is inside
> the house, it probably isn't the best solution.
>
> As far as I remember you don't know where the problem originates and
> you don't actually know the nature of the problem.
>
> What do you actually know and what do you suspect?
>
> As far as I remember:
>
> - You fixed one problem by replacing a serial cable connecting your
>  computer and your reader (DB9 to DB25).  It is very unlikely that
>  that this cable problem was caused by a power problem
>
> - you suspect that something in the power supply may have damaged
>  something else in your computer.  Do you know of any symptoms?
>
> - one of your devices (I forget which) spontaneously shut off.
>  I don't remember whether this was a single event
>
> Are there any other symptoms of power problems?
>
> (I too suffer a problem that might be power-related.  My home office
> seems to burn out LED lightbulbs more quickly than it should.  I don't
> know where to start on that one.  It might even be heat related rather
> than power-related.)
>
> | From: Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> |  My landlord has offered to give me a dedicated line in my living room, not
> | sure how that would impact my office as I shared I believe.
> | Least complex, but most impactive solution  will likely be the one he
> | embraces, he keeps saying that the prior tenet never complained..while having
> | o idea  how they managed power.
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