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Wash. state Desk Jet

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11. Could be yer line in to the house from the poll.

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 04:48 AM

Jan 2012

Got any tall trees surrounding the power feed from the pole to the meter ?
Insulation wore off perhaps ? That can cause the problem you discribed. If that is the problem, the power company will fix it although if tree branchs caused damaged areas of the insulation -you will have to have those trees trimed. The transformer of course is attached to the power poll.

The last time I ran into that sort of problem I checked everything ,everywhere and finally looked over the feed from the poll to the meter, with binoculars I saw the damage to the line.

I had the people call the power company rather a electrical outfit, and the power company did a temp patch,restored full power and instructed the home owners to have the tree trimed,when it was done-the tree having been trimed, the power company came back and did the premanent fix for free.
It all happened after a rain /wind storm,although it was bound to happen anyway. Tree branchs can do severe damage to those power lines.

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Any electricians on board tonite, wierd elect. problem [View all] dweller Dec 2011 OP

Could be a bad panel Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #1

thanks dweller Dec 2011 #2

It could be an "open neutral" Kolesar Dec 2011 #3

yes, that was what i was seeing dweller Dec 2011 #4

I agree it sounds like a problem with the nuetral. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2011 #6

You might try calling the power company first Major Nikon Dec 2011 #5

That's good advice and a good warning (about getting power cut off). Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2011 #7

we had kinda a weird thing sorta like that last week NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #8

This could be a bad neutral connection on your feed into the house. Stinky The Clown Dec 2011 #9

i'll go dig it up dweller Jan 2012 #10

Could be yer line in to the house from the poll. Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #11

That happened when I was a kid Warpy Jan 2012 #12

awaiting power company to show up dweller Jan 2012 #13

not incoming power dweller Jan 2012 #14

Maybe try over at this site: Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #15

thanks, posted there dweller Jan 2012 #16

Cool. Make sure you are using the proper equipment when testing/working... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #17

all figured out and it's ugly dweller Jan 2012 #18

Good luck with that Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #19

More than likely you have a loose wire at one of the breakers madokie Jan 2012 #20

problems corrected, and all is well again dweller Jan 2012 #21

Well that thread over at Terry Love sure turned in to a pissing match. LOL Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #22

that it did dweller Jan 2012 #23

You are fortunate to have an electrician buddy. RebelOne Jan 2012 #24