wawajake
Veteran Member
I live in a normal 1000 sq ft bungalow (2000 sq ft if you include the finished basement ) built in 1995. I live rurally with over head service from rural road 200 feet away . So one hydro pole on my property that I own. The pole on the street owned by the hydro company has a typical transformer and disconnect there. Last year a animal must of got caught in the disconnect and it flipped off and I lost all power so I called my Hydro company and within the hour they came with a truck and the guy with a pole flipped the disconnect and I was back in business full power.
Now in my house my service panel is a 200 amp one , with the breakers evenly spaced on both sides of the panel. We do not have a surge protector on the complete panel, but we did buy surge protector outlets or cords for the fridge , the computer , the combi boiler and the two TV's have surge protector extension cords. In the past our area does get the odd power outage due to wind and trees or other issues but when that happens like expected , all our service is dead......So that gives you the layout and history.
Last night we had a severe wind storm and for a very short time period (maybe 2 seconds) the lights went out in maybe half the house random locations then came back on. Meanwhile the other areas in house were not effected. For example I was watching TV upstairs and it did not even flicker , and if you know satellite TV then you would know how typical it is for them to be effected. Same as down stairs TV my wife was watching, (different circuit too) did not flicker, but a light in another room went out and then came back on seconds later.
So what worries me is how can wind cause me to lose for a second or two just part of my power. (so it was not a brown out, it is was something else)
My first thought was loose connection pulled by wind either at pole or in my service panel but I am just guessing. Or is it possible that my Hydro supplier can send power interrupted like that ?
what thoughts , should I be investigating further ?
Now in my house my service panel is a 200 amp one , with the breakers evenly spaced on both sides of the panel. We do not have a surge protector on the complete panel, but we did buy surge protector outlets or cords for the fridge , the computer , the combi boiler and the two TV's have surge protector extension cords. In the past our area does get the odd power outage due to wind and trees or other issues but when that happens like expected , all our service is dead......So that gives you the layout and history.
Last night we had a severe wind storm and for a very short time period (maybe 2 seconds) the lights went out in maybe half the house random locations then came back on. Meanwhile the other areas in house were not effected. For example I was watching TV upstairs and it did not even flicker , and if you know satellite TV then you would know how typical it is for them to be effected. Same as down stairs TV my wife was watching, (different circuit too) did not flicker, but a light in another room went out and then came back on seconds later.
So what worries me is how can wind cause me to lose for a second or two just part of my power. (so it was not a brown out, it is was something else)
My first thought was loose connection pulled by wind either at pole or in my service panel but I am just guessing. Or is it possible that my Hydro supplier can send power interrupted like that ?
what thoughts , should I be investigating further ?
