Okay within the last 3 weeks, my city has been getting black-outs almost nightly (nothing like seeing so many stars in Alaska night time). Not to unusual considering our city recently switched over to a new power plant. But about 3 days ago, the black-outs stopped. We have been getting reliable power.
However after the black-outs stopped, I have been getting something else happening, and there is no pattern that I can fathom. Albeit my knowledge of electrical matters is not that great.
Here is what happens.
Our circuit breakers in my house if controlled by a total of 15 different breakers, some of which are 2-in-1.
Every night (sometimes during the day too) we will lose power to different sections of the house, while there is still electricity in other parts... with two exceptions, on which I can not find the cause (and I think they are unrelated). I lost juice to my bedroom light. I tried replacing the light switch, and the light bulb socket... neither allowed the light to work and I am w/o light in part of my bedroom. The other occurrence is in our living room (on a different breaker to boot). There is one wall outlet that does not work even after replacing. I checked with a ohm meter to see if there might be a break in the power lines somewhere. But they all checked out.
When we lose power to whatever section of the house, there is no circuit breakers popped. I even turned them off and on to see if power might be restored. But that does not work either.
I can be standing in the rooms where the power goes out and in less then 10 minutes, it comes back on, even if I do nothing with the circuit breakers.
What can be causing these problems?
However after the black-outs stopped, I have been getting something else happening, and there is no pattern that I can fathom. Albeit my knowledge of electrical matters is not that great.
Here is what happens.
Our circuit breakers in my house if controlled by a total of 15 different breakers, some of which are 2-in-1.
Every night (sometimes during the day too) we will lose power to different sections of the house, while there is still electricity in other parts... with two exceptions, on which I can not find the cause (and I think they are unrelated). I lost juice to my bedroom light. I tried replacing the light switch, and the light bulb socket... neither allowed the light to work and I am w/o light in part of my bedroom. The other occurrence is in our living room (on a different breaker to boot). There is one wall outlet that does not work even after replacing. I checked with a ohm meter to see if there might be a break in the power lines somewhere. But they all checked out.
When we lose power to whatever section of the house, there is no circuit breakers popped. I even turned them off and on to see if power might be restored. But that does not work either.
I can be standing in the rooms where the power goes out and in less then 10 minutes, it comes back on, even if I do nothing with the circuit breakers.
What can be causing these problems?
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