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Cold weather cause voltage drop? Mike 01-25-2007
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Posted by Mike on January 25, 2007, 11:01 pm


It seems that when the temp drops below 20 my lights flicker & dim, the
microwave won't run & the TV picture shrinks. This occurs when all the
big load devices are off so I believe it's power company related. Any
thoughts on what would cause this?


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Posted by Paul M. Eldridge on January 25, 2007, 11:16 pm


This is not something one would normally expect to find and you should
contact your utility provider directly. Even if there were a large
number of electrically heated homes in your immediate area, any drop
in service voltage would not be that obvious, nor disruptive.

Have you talked to your next-door neighbours and, if so, do they also
experience this problem? Roughly how many homes are served by your
distribution transformer?

Cheers,
Paul


>It seems that when the temp drops below 20 my lights flicker & dim, the
>microwave won't run & the TV picture shrinks. This occurs when all the
>big load devices are off so I believe it's power company related. Any
>thoughts on what would cause this?


Posted by on January 26, 2007, 12:25 am




> It seems that when the temp drops below 20 my lights flicker & dim, the
> microwave won't run & the TV picture shrinks. This occurs when all the
> big load devices are off so I believe it's power company related. Any
> thoughts on what would cause this?

Thats a bad sign , you should not use appliences with that situation .

If you have a voltmeter you may be able to get a voltage reading .

Contact the power company as soon as possible.


Posted by Jeff on January 26, 2007, 1:00 am


Do you have a heat pump? At low temperatures they have a large resistance
heater that comes on.
> It seems that when the temp drops below 20 my lights flicker & dim, the
> microwave won't run & the TV picture shrinks. This occurs when all the
> big load devices are off so I believe it's power company related. Any
> thoughts on what would cause this?
>



Posted by Mike on January 26, 2007, 11:53 am


No, we have propane heat.

> Do you have a heat pump? At low temperatures they have a large resistance
>
>
>
> > It seems that when the temp drops below 20 my lights flicker & dim, the
> > microwave won't run & the TV picture shrinks. This occurs when all the
> > big load devices are off so I believe it's power company related. Any
> > thoughts on what would cause this?- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -


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