[ale] OT: Alpharetta Power

[Alex LeDonne]

Full "wide-spread" (GA Power's term) outages in chunks of Roswell
early this morning - about 0420 - 0530 at home. Whee.


On the original blinky power issue, if the lines coming in are
overhead, your friend may want to ask GA Power to check for branches &
whatnot, and for possible water issues in & around the entrance head.
In another part of Roswell last year, we had a wet pine branch short
out the overhead lines. Zzzzot-CRACK!

Good luck.

-A


On 7/17/07, Michael Smith <msmith at mikeandmel.com> wrote:
> 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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