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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:13 PM Original message |
Help - brown out due to partial power outage - |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. ac electric motors as a whole don't like low voltage |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thank you |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Anything plugged in standby like the cable box? Stuff your not using but is |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. UNPLUG EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE NOW!!!!!!! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And unplug your ass from the chair! Hurry run! He's not kidding! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I'm serious as a heart attack!! |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Everything's unplugged except a clock, lamp and the cable |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. unplug them too! Clocks can catch on fire, mine had a short in it and |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Turn off the circuit breakers instead |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. This is the correct answer ! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Uh, you have to turn on the main before any of the individual circuits will work. |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. dunno, karl |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Ah. If an electric water heater isn't full, the heating elements will burn out |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. The element does not care |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's a little hysterical. Just the fridge and a/c is fine. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Electrical phones do! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes but low or no voltage won't affect them. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. When the power SURGED back on from the brown out, it killed my phone. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The phone line does not connect to the electric mains. It only goes to batteries |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. My phone was fried. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I hope you had some salt and pepper. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Byte me! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. How about a nybble? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How about a nano nano? (Brown-outs are the mother of all sorts of Bad Stuff.) |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Good information. All absolutely true. But there is no mention of 'frying' anything there. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I've also worked in Electronics for over 20 yrs. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I just meant to say there's no reason to go ballistic and isolate everything electrical. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. My event happened during a power outage neighborhood wide. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. FYI ---> Brownouts (for those who need to know) |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. This is incorrect |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. me too....surge took out my phone...I never even gave it a thought...and I lost it...n/t |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I really like your name! Looks familiar! |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. I believe we are both |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I said the electrical line not the phone line. n/t |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Okay, I just saw this line, pasted from your post |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Thanks! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. How is the cable box getting power? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. The entire city is near dark, from a storm n/t |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Strange. I wonder how your clock and cable box are still running. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Good! Better safe than sorry! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Make sure it isn't just you |
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BlackHawk706867 (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. This especially applies to any computer equipment including... |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Question |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No, it won't hurt it. Did you see my other post |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes - thanks. Hug. :) |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Oh, karlschneider, you are wise in the way of power supplies |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Heh...I built the PS for my first big transmitter (also a homebrew with 2 813s) |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I used to repair PS circuitry and also watch |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I used to be an expert at PS failure detection - by smell |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Don't ever do that without safety glasses! I've seen a LOT of electrolytic caps |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. LOL! I wasn't testing them at that time, just repairing but |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I really hate switching power supplies. They're cheap and pretty efficient but |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Tell that to Data General ! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. My first encounter with computers was a DG Eclipse, in ...uh, '76 or so? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. The DG Eclipse was new when I was there! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Are you a Ham? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. I was K5ETH for years. Got my General at age 13, in 1955 |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I've been studying for my Basic for few years now |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I probably couldn't copy more than 10 or 12 wpm now, it's been years since I tried |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Not back on yet? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No - and it's been nearly 3 hours |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Damn! You still hanging in there? |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. Wow this surprises me! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. We do have Emergency Mgt local and they broadcast on the radio. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
62. Holly_Hobby... you have power yet? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. The power went out completely after my last post |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Woot! Now kick back with a cold one! |
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