Power gone after storm but TV and 1 light still working
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You mean if you plug the TV into a different socket it doesn't work?
Do you mean one ceiling light or one lamp plugged into a socket?
No harm in switching your house off and on again by toggling the main "fuse box" switch to see if that makes any difference?
Do you mean one ceiling light or one lamp plugged into a socket?
No harm in switching your house off and on again by toggling the main "fuse box" switch to see if that makes any difference?
A trifle too sarkie. Mobile comms devices in all probability with screen & keyboard working.
There could be power issues in the area, a "brownout", some devices may be able to handle the low voltages better than other.
If it is a brownout, it is best not to use expensive appliances until you are confident general power issues are resolved.
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If it is a brownout, it is best not to use expensive appliances until you are confident general power issues are resolved.
What to Do During a Brownout | National Standby Repair
Most people are familiar with the disruptive nature of blackouts and how they can wreak havoc on businesses, leading to prolonged power loss and often costly damages for those who are unprepared or ill-equipped to handle them. But many people aren’t as familiar with their seemingly-less-severe...
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Brownout (electricity) - Wikipedia
I had a incident years ago where the overhead neutral cable blew down. The supply to the house continued to operate to earth. This continued for several days before the fault was repaired.
The voltage was low and varied up and down depending on how much load was switched on in our house and a few neighbours houses.
This was well before the days of fancy electronic appliances.
The valve television operated intermittently, and the filament bulbs were self dimming.
The voltage was low and varied up and down depending on how much load was switched on in our house and a few neighbours houses.
This was well before the days of fancy electronic appliances.
The valve television operated intermittently, and the filament bulbs were self dimming.
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Not related but my power was out for last 2 days, I got a generator for couple of hours to power fridge freezer to maintain cold. The fridge light came on but no noise of freezer actually coming on , so was convinced that it was not now working even though light coming on. So I dragged another unused one from my father's house to my house, alot of effort and put that to generator but also the original one. After 20 mins the original one started working aswell. A quick Google explained that this brand does not come on even if temperatures is high but spends 20 minutes initialliising, but no indication of what is happening just a fridge light. Not very helpful when you need to get it powered up during power cut that it spends so long doing that
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There could be power issues in the area, a "brownout", some devices may be able to handle the low voltages better than other.
If it is a brownout, it is best not to use expensive appliances until you are confident general power issues are resolved.
What to Do During a Brownout | National Standby Repair
Most people are familiar with the disruptive nature of blackouts and how they can wreak havoc on businesses, leading to prolonged power loss and often costly damages for those who are unprepared or ill-equipped to handle them. But many people aren’t as familiar with their seemingly-less-severe...
Brownout (electricity) - Wikipedia
That's very interesting Odyssey06.
The night of the storm the power didn't cut off but one bulb in the kitchen was giving out very low light.
All other lights seemed fine. I turned off the light in the kitchen for the rest of the night. Now it's fine again.
Guess it didn't work so.
Lots of reported issues with generators putting out the wrong power. Probably wise to test what it's putting out.
We had no power the other evening and when it came back it was in lower power mode a brownout which I've never seen before. A lot of people in the area reported the same thing. Only the lowest powered things would turn on. Came back fully in the evening.
No it wasn't that it was the fridge freezer itself having an initialliising routine every time the power is cut so it spends 20 minutes doing that before coming on properly. Still there should be some sort of indication light to tell you what is happening.
It's funny that fridges have very little information lights whereas other electrical devices have too many. Not great when you have to have a generator wasting fuel for 20 minutes while the fridge is initialliising rather than cooling properly