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Electrical Problem. Any electricians up tonight?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:45 pm
Power slowly faded and went out in random spots in the house. Went on and off a couple times like a brown out. No breakers tripped. Flipped them all on and off. Lamps barely glowing and then nothing. Yall got anything?
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Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:46 pm to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
Use a fork to test the outlets.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:48 pm to brucevilanch
happened to me first time it got really cold and entergy was having issues. came back to normal but my heater wasn't working. turns out my house wasn't getting the correct amount of power, meter wasn't even running. may want to check that out.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:49 pm to stickloveslsu
first thing I thought of was some kind of brown out but above my pay grade.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:51 pm to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
I know how to hook up an Xbox to a tv.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 11:54 pm to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
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Power slowly faded and went out in random spots in the house. Went on and off a couple times like a brown out. No breakers tripped. Flipped them all on and off. Lamps barely glowing and then nothing. Yall got anything?
Doesn't sound like a problem on your end. Neighbors having the same problem? Sounds like low voltage
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:02 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
got a voltmeter? check the voltage. should be 120 V at the outlets.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:03 am to ByteMe
don't know. just did some more research. a bad transformer can cause either the A or B coming in to no go.
lamp in the bedroom is glowing again like it's possessed. just told the girlfriend that. now she can't sleep in the bedroom.
lamp in the bedroom is glowing again like it's possessed. just told the girlfriend that. now she can't sleep in the bedroom.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:04 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
might be a good idea to unplug your refrigerator and freezer if you have one. Hard on the motors/compressors when not given enough power. I's also unplug sensitive electronics.
Sounds like your power provider's problem.
Sounds like your power provider's problem.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:05 am to ShubutaMS
already made the call to entergy. nothing in our area reported yet. but most were probably heading to the breaker box at first like i did.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:08 am to ShubutaMS
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might be a good idea to unplug your refrigerator and freezer if you have one. Hard on the motors/compressors when not given enough power. I's also unplug sensitive electronics.
Sounds like your power provider's problem.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:16 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
Happened to me once.
Someone backed into some utility box in my yard and one of the leads from the power company was loose. Power co had to come out and fix it.
Someone backed into some utility box in my yard and one of the leads from the power company was loose. Power co had to come out and fix it.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:23 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
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a bad transformer can cause either the A or B coming in to no go.
Yeah, but that's not on your end. If it screws up anything in your home, they should have to replace it. Low voltage should have tripped something on their end.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:36 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
I have some problems myself. I have an area that none of the electrical outlets work. Thought it was a bad circuit breaker but eliminated that and the GFI nearby. I assume one of the power outlets has crapped out breaking the circuit.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 12:42 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
Found this on another site, FWIW
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If this happens again, turn off your power at the main breaker immediately. Then call your electric utility's emergency number and report the outage. Don't turn it back on until they've fixed it. Indeed, you are VERY lucky the neutral didn't open. That can and does cause fires.. and if one leg is out, I wouldn't trust the neutral either. If your power is doing something weird, shut it off and report it - that's the safest thing to do. The symptoms of an actual open neutral are some lights dimmer than usual and others BRIGHTER than usual. If you ever see that, turn the power off IMMEDIATELY!
Posted on 2/12/14 at 1:04 am to ByteMe
quote:no.
Low voltage should have tripped something on their end.
This sounds like a bad connection into your house.
Posted on 2/12/14 at 1:21 am to Tigah in the ATL
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no.
If it's from their transformer, yes...over/under should trip.
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This sounds like a bad connection into your house.
Upstream of his breakers?
Posted on 2/12/14 at 3:24 am to ByteMe
entergy problem...they probably lost one leg coming in to your house , it wouldn't trip any breakers but turn off the two pole breakers to your heater , water heater and such if you have electric heat.... those appliances aren't getting the correct power...it could be on your end if you have a bad main breaker or a loose wire burning up between the meter and panel...
This post was edited on 2/12/14 at 3:34 am
Posted on 2/12/14 at 3:27 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
I have read everyone's posts and their are some other questions.
1. where do you live?
2.How old is your house?
1. where do you live?
2.How old is your house?
Posted on 2/12/14 at 7:20 am to bencoleman
I've been doing electrical work all my life and the first thing I thought was that your house is possessed or haunted.
I have no explanation for it going off in some rooms not others. Maybe the rooms where it went "off" used dimmer switches? They supply a resistive load as opposed to a straight light switch.
I have no explanation for it going off in some rooms not others. Maybe the rooms where it went "off" used dimmer switches? They supply a resistive load as opposed to a straight light switch.
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