[ale] OT: Alpharetta Power

[James P. Kinney III]

Chris,

This sounds like typical summer overloads. I see this behavior all over
town. My father-in-law worked for GP for decades. The "official" term is
"gremlins". Wave propagation of potential can also have echo and
reflection for sudden termination points (breaker trips, etc) that can
have an additive or subtractive effect on the system as a whole.

It can also be caused by improperly tightened connectors that are being
vibrated by things like AC equipment. This is the most likely culprit.

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 07:59 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I'm trying to track a problem but no one seems to want to talk about it
> (Georgia Power).  Since 07/10 I've received 10 trouble tickets from a
> device I have installed at a friend's house off of Windward Parkway.
> The trouble ticket is in regards to power.  It seems that since 07/10
> power has been blinking often in that area.  Just yesterday power was
> off at his house for almost 4 hours.  Other places in Alpha was just
> fine.  I called GA Power and they were supposed to call me back but I've
> heard nothing about why power keeps blinking up there.  For now I've
> shut down much of the equipment.  I'm waiting on a few days of no
> outages.  Anyone one here know something?
> 
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