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PSOVLSK
PSOVLSK Posts: 5,059
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Never experienced this before. A storm blew in and our power went off, but not completely off. Our lights are dim with a few surges and our fans are barely turning. Hope I didn’t lose any A/V equipment or appliances, but even if I did I’ll consider myself lucky that I didn’t face the tornadoes that many in the Dallas area faced tonight.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,549
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    Best of luck to you bud! I hope all of your loved ones are ok. FL got hit with a few nadoes too. Just north of us in the pan handle. Hope they are good and safe too!
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,549
    edited October 2019
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    Other than in aircraft, I've never seen a 1/2 outage. Its usually all or nothing.

    I have seen where a spike will take out a capacitor and the ceiling fans will run real weak.


    Do you have a power conditioner that reads out the incoming amps?
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  • PSOVLSK
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    CH46E wrote: »
    Do you have a power conditioner that reads out the incoming amps?

    I did until about an hour ago😩.

    When I came upstairs to check on everything the conditioner had a small, single red light instead of the normal blue lights with incoming amps. I just unplugged everything at that point.

    I’m not positive it’s dead, but if so I hope it gave it’s life to save my connected equipment.
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,132
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    I got back home from a tough weekend out of town, and decided to check on my girlfriend's house before I went home for the night. The sirens started going off right as I got to her house, so I went in and turned on the TV. To my horror, the forecast showed the tornado directly over my neighborhood.
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    Some how the house seemed generally fine from what I could see tonight. Two major storms in 6 months, and I've been very blessed through both. I'll see the full effects tomorrow.
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  • PSOVLSK
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    Glad you are okay. Looks like it was a rough night in Dallas. That is such a densely populated area for a tornado to hit.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • marvda1
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    time to move to Saginaw.
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  • displayname
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    marvda1 wrote: »
    time to move to Saginaw.
    I could get a lot of house for the same money out there, lol!
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  • rpf65
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    Hope everything is alright.

    I’ve seen this a few times. In Texas, they call the ac guy before electricians if the lights are on. Anyway, the main breaker, the big one at the top of the panel, can sometimes be reset.

    Worth a try. You should still get an electrician check it out, just to be safe.
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  • mrloren
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    Weird,I'd unplug everything computer and AV.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • rooftop59
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    Hope you’re weathering the storm Paul! We’re getting some serious wind and rain down here in Waco, but it doesn’t appear to be a tornado and the power is still fully on 🤞
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  • pitdogg2
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    We call those "brown outs" and yes they can be harmful to equipment.
    Stay safe
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  • mhardy6647
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    Modern electronics are exceptionally susceptible to such power shenanigans, unfortunately. :(

    Good luck to the OP! Hope your "plug in" 'putes (if any), routers, modem, and 'home entertainment' components all live(d) to see the dawn!

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  • VR3
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    It sounds like you lost a leg of sorts on the incoming feed, best to kill the power to the house to be safe

    Stay safe
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  • joecoulson
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    Wow. We were at AT&T stadium for the game and were clueless to the storms outside. Was a fun but crazy night for sure. Hope all are safe, @DSkip you ok?
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  • Jstas
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    If it's just your house that is having this issue, you need to call the power company. You probably only have one of two poles connected on your power feed either at the transformer or on your service mast.

    This happened to me and caused problems I've never seen before. Freaked me the **** out.

    I had an electrician friend come out and he went through everything with me. We ended up calling the power company and they sent a truck out, dude checked the transformer at the street and it was good but showing no continuity on one of the legs from the pole to the house.

    It ended up being a **** connector that the previous owner, Captain Halfass, used because he never got a permit for his service line upgrade. Or at least never called to have it inspected.

    We had the same issues, though. Half the lights worked, circuits would drop out and come back on at random and everything with a protection circuit had the circuit indicator lit.

    Power company shut down the power and then shut down my entire breaker panel. They replaced the bad connectors and then turned power on and went through the entire breaker panel flipping breakers one at a time.

    Now if it's the whole block of people having the same issue, you have a transformer down or a leg on the transformer isn't connected. Gotta call the power company on that.
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  • Emlyn
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    I had one of those brown outs a few years ago during a wind storm. Just flipped the main circuit breaker to the house to shut everything down all at once. No damage anywhere in the house but an AC regenerator like one from PS Audio does not like having to work that hard. That shut down pretty quick by itself but did flash an overheating warning. It was also weird hearing the motor in the furnace trying to run on half power.
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  • Milito
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    Saw the news and it looks like my old high school in Dallas near Walnut Hill and Marsh Lane got hit pretty hard. Thank God there wasn't anyone killed in Dallas that I've heard of.

    We were in west Ft. Worth last night watching the game and visiting our daughter, her husband and our new grand daughter who was born last Thursday. We saw some small hail there and high winds and were concerned how our area might look when we got back home to Highland Village, but no damage there.
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  • miner
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    KNON studios got damaged. My BIL used to DJ there, RIP Mark.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    Looks like the tornado hit the Big D’s version of Beverly Hills... prayers for all those affected.
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  • smglbrth
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    I had that once in our house, years ago. Turned out to be the meter at the house. Evidently the two main lines which came to the house got pushed down enough over the years (in the yard) where one of them grounded (went through the insulation) on the inside. Weirdest thing I ever saw. The power company guy said it happens. He put an extension on it and no problems since...
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Stop by Autozone, Napa, or Advance Auto and pick up a cheap multimeter for $9.99.

    Good enough for telling you what actual voltage you have coming out of your outlets.

    Brownouts can cook your gear quicker than over voltage.
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  • displayname
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    If anyone wants to live a real life of adventure, move to Dallas.
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  • kharp1
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    Sorry to hear this, hopeful that everyone is healthy.
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  • Viking64
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    When I'm at half power, I have a solution:

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  • gudnoyez
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    Hope all is well with everyone property wise, I unplug everything when the weather forecasts storms. I usually leave everything on over the weekend if the weather looks good otherwise during the work week during storm season it's off and unplugged just to be safe.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    Has to be Russ' fault. Heard he is licking the bare wires again...
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    displayname wrote: »
    I got back home from a tough weekend out of town, and decided to check on my girlfriend's house before I went home for the night. The sirens started going off right as I got to her house, so I went in and turned on the TV. To my horror, the forecast showed the tornado directly over my neighborhood.
    8855docta80l.jpg

    Some how the house seemed generally fine from what I could see tonight. Two major storms in 6 months, and I've been very blessed through both. I'll see the full effects tomorrow.

    Glad you're ok brother!
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  • joecoulson
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    On a lighter note. Go Cowboys!!!

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  • delkal
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    mrloren wrote: »
    Weird,I'd unplug everything computer and AV.

    Yes......But also anything with a motor (refrigerators, freezers, well pump, AC or heater). Electric motors can overheat badly and burn out with low voltage.

    A few months ago I looked across the street and there was a downed power line to my neighbors house. He still had the lights on but they were very dim. I knocked on his door and told him about quickly unplugging his refrigerator and AC. Everything except light bulbs. He looked at me funny and said something like its OK I called the power company. I just walked away shaking my head. Later I heard he lost his refrigerator and some other electronics and had to make a homeowners claim. Still shaking my head.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,650
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Has to be Russ' fault. Heard he is peeing on the bare wires again...

    Fixed...

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