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| Thread ID: 123358 | 2012-02-20 08:41:00 | Flickering house lights and power supply | Jen (38) | PC World Chat |
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| 1260208 | 2012-02-20 20:42:00 | What tut, WalOne and Whenu said. Better safe than sorry. | Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1260209 | 2012-02-20 22:09:00 | Jen, I had the same thing happen last week when an electrician was here rewiring my bathroom in the course of renovations. He put a meter on various outlets and found that there were voltage fluctuations coming into the house. He duly rang the supply authority who came out and checked the box at the end of our driveway (we have underground wiring) and they found that a fuse within that box had blown. Once replaced, the problem was sorted. So I guess the first thing is to get an electrician to check the voltages in the house and if he feels it is needed to have him contact the supply authority for them to come out and check the meter, fuses etc. | smurf (6545) | ||
| 1260210 | 2012-02-20 22:44:00 | Had exactly the same thing a few months ago. Genesis sent a serviceman around and he found the connection box on the street pole was melting. Replaced, problem fixed. You better get onto it. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 1260211 | 2012-02-20 23:16:00 | Had this problem recently, and thats when i had to call out power people cos the wire on the pole eventually fell off, so hence no power. i had complained to many people and electricians about this problem, and nobody helped. get all incoming power lines checked. if they ok, ask for a pole check. my problem was probably 8 months or more. we all thought it was the bracket, ( a thread on this) but it wasnt it was there pole. beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1260212 | 2012-02-20 23:43:00 | Your house is posessed, post it to Chch so Mother Nature can shake them out of it, you are welcome to collect it in 6 months if its still standing. ;) Good luck on getting your problem fixed, as already said, dont mess about with power, if its not right, get it seen too asap. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1260213 | 2012-02-21 00:01:00 | Sounds a bit like an arcing pole fuse to me (if you have an overhead line from the street). When it is happening at night, pop out and listen at the base of the pole, if it is that bad you will hear it for sure. If you have underground power there should be a terminal box on your boundary. Same thing, go listen for arcing noise there. The only other common point is the incoming to your meter and main switch and you will hear that arcing too if the fault is there. Cheers Billy 8-{) Billy ,as always, is giving good advise. I had identical symptoms a few years back. It was a corroded connection in the roadside power box. A query to the local power supply company had them get it repaired quickly. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1260214 | 2012-02-21 00:52:00 | I had a similar problem one night, the linesman (from Genesis Energy) said it was a worn-out fuse on the power pole overheating and intermittently cutting out. When I called up they never said anything about me having to call out an electrician first. That said, it may be caused by various reasons, some of which are very dangerous to your and\or to your equipment plugged in. I would disconnect all equipment and get the problem looked at straight away! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1260215 | 2012-02-21 02:59:00 | Poltergeist? | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1260216 | 2012-02-21 03:19:00 | I think it stinks that Meridian told you to get an electrician to look at it first. Who pays for the electrician if it is their problem. Who pays for the fridge or TV if they burn out. Phone Meridian fault department and see what they say. If they had any consideration they would come out and have a look at their end first then tell you to call an electrician if they find nothing. Chances are it is a pole fuse or a fuse in a Toby box that is burning out. The other cause which is common is the main switchs but I rather think that would require an electrician. |
tut (12033) | ||
| 1260217 | 2012-02-21 04:16:00 | Thanks for all the comments guys. I've got an electrician coming first thing tomorrow morning. From his comments he suspects it will be a mains (eg outside the house) issue. I've got the sensitive electrical stuff on surge protection and unnecessary stuff unplugged. The oven is turned off. I tried turning the hot water cylinder off but that didn't stop the flickering. I have an underground power supply, and this problem occurred before the flood last Friday. Oh ... no oven, no dinner. Takeaway tonight me thinks. :D |
Jen (38) | ||
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