[R-390] Some progress

[Cecil Acuff]

Hi Barry and Group,

        Tell them that your blender in the kitchen won't run unless you turn
on the lamp in the living room....which won't light unless the blender is
running, and that sometimes the vacuum cleaner won't run unless the TV's on.
This actually happened at my inlaws house...they had lost the neutral at the
meter can.

I work for a power company...usually you can get in touch with an engineer
in the division that serves your geographic area.  They usually get pretty
serious if they think they might have to pay for equipment damaged by lost
phases and such.  (not much chance of damage in a single phase environment)

Cecil Acuff


----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Hauser <barry@hausernet.com>
To: Joe Foley <redmenaced@yahoo.com>; <r-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Some progress


> So ... I guess the question is:  What do we say to the power co. to get
them
> to come over and check it out?  At home, as far as I know, the last time
> this was done was when we upgraded the service -- in '86.  At the office,
it
> was done last year when we had the main fusebox (three-phase) replaced --
> because one of the contacts burnt up -- probable due to looseness.  It's
on
> the same wall where the 18-wheelers pass by on their way to camp overnight
> or make a U-turn.  Also not far from where the dumpster guy likes to set
the
> thing down hard.  Not to mention the LIRR commuter trains barreling by at
70
> mph. rattling things enough to loosen the flourescent tubes.  Arghh.
>
> Are there some magic words like "I think I hear crackling noises!"
Somehow
> I suspect if I just tell 'em some electrician I know told me to have it
> checked won't be enough  Then -- how to sneak up on 'em to find out if
your
> ground is really a ground?  This is Lawn Guy-Land, east of Brooklyn.  Just
> insisting won't work -- you need a good story here to get around the phone
> reps. Needs to be motivating enough to get the power co. guy without
> attracting the volunteer fire guys with swinging axes.
>
> Barry
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> > If its not moving, GROUND IT!!,.......... does your
> > service actually HAVE a ground?
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