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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 6, 2007, 8:36 am
> Terry wrote:
> > My lights dim when the AC comes on. I called the power company out to
> > check the connections. He checked the meter and I checked the panel.
>
> > He told me a story about a service call that was interesting. He said
> > he went to the call and the customer said when they flushed the toilet
> > that his security light went out.
>
> > The problem was found to be the well pump was causing enough drop that
> > his HID security light would go out.
>
> > Pretty funny story that I am sure has been told more than once, but I
> > wanted to hear it again.
>
> My pump was diagnosed as failing a couple of months ago because it was
> shutting down with heavy use and drawing double its operating current.
> I can believe this. During power failures when using backup generator
> lights would dim when pump came on.
>
> Frank
as a child our doorbell would ring just about any time:(
I was perhaps 12 and finally found the cause:)
When the hot water tanks gas valve turned on the gas line on the other
side of the basement would move just enough to act as a switch short
and ring the bell.
When your 12 finding and fixing that was a big deal. Made more so by
being wakened at odd hours by ding dong.........
It was just my mom, grandma and myself so I learned to be a repair
person. we were really broke, so once something quit it rarely got
replaced.
This led me to repairing stuff. I graduated high school in 1975 got a
job fixing office machines and have been doing it ever since.
I enjoy seeing happy people when I get their machine working........
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