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Can I do anything about power flickers?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 11/9/18 at 6:13 pm
The power flickers once every day or week at my house, and shuts everything off. Clocks need to be reset. DirecTV has to download again. Computer resets. I'm worried it's gonna frick something up, and it's a huge PITA resetting all of the clocks.
Short of getting a UPS for every single thing in my house, do I have any options?
I'm also looking at getting a new UPS for my computer. Eaton gets good reviews from tech guys. My computer's power supply is 750w. They make one that is good for 600w, and one that is good for 900w. Price difference is $70. Which one do yall think I should go for? Should I also be looking at APC and Cyberpower (they are similar prices)?
Short of getting a UPS for every single thing in my house, do I have any options?
I'm also looking at getting a new UPS for my computer. Eaton gets good reviews from tech guys. My computer's power supply is 750w. They make one that is good for 600w, and one that is good for 900w. Price difference is $70. Which one do yall think I should go for? Should I also be looking at APC and Cyberpower (they are similar prices)?
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 6:39 pm
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Posted on 11/9/18 at 8:00 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 11/9/18 at 8:11 pm to ellunchboxo
God damn electricity jokes 
Posted on 11/9/18 at 9:49 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:02 pm to Hammertime
This will probably do the trick.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 6:13 am to Ice Cream Sammich
I looked at the PFC version of that one as well last night. My computer cost me like $2300 to build, so I want to make sure I protect it properly and don't have to worry about replacing the UPS every couple of years
Posted on 11/10/18 at 7:17 pm to Hammertime
Didn't read all that, but do your neighbors have the same issue? Could be just you.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 8:24 pm to Hammertime
Have you had your electric company put a recording volt meter on it yet?
Posted on 11/10/18 at 8:43 pm to QuietTiger
quote:Haven't asked, but I'd assume so. I have a year old 200A panel, and the power company rewired everything from the street to my house right before that
Didn't read all that, but do your neighbors have the same issue?
quote:Didn't know they would do that
Have you had your electric company put a recording volt meter on it yet?
It went out again late last night for about 30 seconds
Posted on 11/10/18 at 8:55 pm to Hammertime
Some do it some don’t. You might need to pay for it yourself. Need to see where the problem is coming from.
Posted on 11/11/18 at 10:03 am to Hammertime
quote:
Haven't asked, but I'd assume so.
I'd ask, if they are, then get Entergy out there to check pole connections.
quote:
Didn't know they would do that
Didn't know this either, but I will tomorrow. Thx NYC.
ETA: Seems Entergy does do it, but they have to have a good reason. I would
think multiple homes having issues would be a "good reason".
This post was edited on 11/11/18 at 10:36 am
Posted on 11/11/18 at 6:35 pm to Hammertime
This happened at an older house we lived at a few years ago a 8-10 times a day. Finally after years of ignoring it a storm hit and it got worse so we called the electric company. Lineman can out and looked at the box up the street and it turned out to be a loose connection. Fixed it in 5 minutes and haven't had an issue since.
Posted on 11/11/18 at 9:47 pm to Hammertime
You have either an undersized transformer or service line to your house...call your electric company and complain.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 7:44 pm to Hammertime
No answer for your power problem but I thought I'd weigh in and say that radio controlled (atomic) clocks are awesome. Every clock I own is radio controlled and never have to be set, even after power outages. And they set themselves back and forward during DST changes. And they are always accurate to the second with U.S. atomic time.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 6:38 am to AUstar
Do they make atomic syncing ovens and microwaves? Those are the most annoying, because they flash after the power goes out.
Entergy said they haven't received any other complaints, but to call when it happens again. I ordered the Eaton 900w UPS, and it is hopefully going to be here today
Entergy said they haven't received any other complaints, but to call when it happens again. I ordered the Eaton 900w UPS, and it is hopefully going to be here today
Posted on 11/20/18 at 9:49 pm to Hammertime
UPS came in today, and is up and working. I thought it was DOA, but after reading the manual, it turns out you have to plug in the UPS before plugging everything else in. Didn't work the other way around.
Doing general light duty tasks, it says I can get ~30 minutes of battery backup. I have an old plasma plugged into it, and that draws 1/3 the power of my CPU and two monitors.
The fan noise annoys me, so I'm gonna look into replacing it with a higher quality one
Doing general light duty tasks, it says I can get ~30 minutes of battery backup. I have an old plasma plugged into it, and that draws 1/3 the power of my CPU and two monitors.
The fan noise annoys me, so I'm gonna look into replacing it with a higher quality one
This post was edited on 11/21/18 at 1:25 pm
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