I have to shut every light and thing in the house off to be able to boot up.. I probably shouldn't even be trying, but it is amusing. 
We've been experiencing ... very abnormal power conditions for the last almost 2 hours now.
It's fluctuating between brownout and WAY overvotage.. Holy sh!t, it just spiked to 158V.. my poor computer.. *prays it doesen't blow up*
Back down to 95V now.. My computer shuts off when it dips below 90V, I hope I can make this post this time.
Trying to get some pics and a video uploaded...
Normally, open circuit voltage is about 122V.. but something is awry. With everything in the house shut off, I've only got ~108V ... and just turning on my computer brings it down to ~93-95V... I even had to shut off my monitor and my 15W overhead fluorescent to get it to boot up, until Windows' idle kicked in.
Ugh, another spike to 156V.. This is insane. When it does that, it stays there for anywhere from 20-30 seconds to a minute or more.
PIC of spiked voltage
PIC of low voltage, where it's sitting right now
Movie of effects on lightbulb
Where it gets really bright is a spike to ~156V, the other times it's fluctuating between 95 and 105V...
:Q
Update: Welp, just got power back.
PGE came out and replaced the neutral wire from our pole to the pole out on the street.
It fixed it, yay. No need to involve the landlord.
The really good news is that it ALSO fixed the "voltage leak" problem we had. Used to have about 20VAC between the dryer and a cold water pipe, now it's 0.2VAC. No more getting zapped from plugged in appliances and bare feet.. w00t.
We've been experiencing ... very abnormal power conditions for the last almost 2 hours now.
It's fluctuating between brownout and WAY overvotage.. Holy sh!t, it just spiked to 158V.. my poor computer.. *prays it doesen't blow up*
Back down to 95V now.. My computer shuts off when it dips below 90V, I hope I can make this post this time.
Trying to get some pics and a video uploaded...
Normally, open circuit voltage is about 122V.. but something is awry. With everything in the house shut off, I've only got ~108V ... and just turning on my computer brings it down to ~93-95V... I even had to shut off my monitor and my 15W overhead fluorescent to get it to boot up, until Windows' idle kicked in.
Ugh, another spike to 156V.. This is insane. When it does that, it stays there for anywhere from 20-30 seconds to a minute or more.
PIC of spiked voltage
PIC of low voltage, where it's sitting right now
Movie of effects on lightbulb
Where it gets really bright is a spike to ~156V, the other times it's fluctuating between 95 and 105V...
:Q
Update: Welp, just got power back.
PGE came out and replaced the neutral wire from our pole to the pole out on the street.
It fixed it, yay. No need to involve the landlord.
The really good news is that it ALSO fixed the "voltage leak" problem we had. Used to have about 20VAC between the dryer and a cold water pipe, now it's 0.2VAC. No more getting zapped from plugged in appliances and bare feet.. w00t.
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