[ale] OT: Alpharetta Power

[Michael Smith]

I live in Roswell and my UPS devices have been logging a few outages lately
also.  Thank goodness for automatic shutdown.....

On 7/17/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> 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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