re: Appliances - Throw Away

So, the electrician came out and found a couple of things.

1. On our street we have a common transformer with he was guessing at least three other homes. He noticed that when my neighbors ac kicked on, it dropped one leg of my incoming volts by about 6-7 volts. He said I should contact electric company and have them inspect the transformer. Highly likely, they haven't ever done any maintenance on it.

2. He found one switch in the house, light dimmer, that isn't designed for LED light bulbs to be on it. Could replace it for $400 or just use different light bulbs.

3. Also said that LED light bulbs are extremely sensitive to voltage changes as little as 1 volt. So, going to back to item 1, this could be the cause of the flickering.

4. Didn't identify any voltage spikes just the drop on one leg.

Other than that, he didn't find anything wrong with the wiring, outlets, breakers/breaker box, etc. Said we had a large enough service of 200 amps to handle the needs of the house.

I guess I can rest a bit easier knowing the house is electrically okay. Electrician couldn't offer an explanation for the appliance failures.