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10/11/19 - Emergency
By: Jack Date: October 11, 2019, 7:16 pm
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I showed up in chat about an hour ago, then had to rush right
back out, so I thought I'd update, now that things have settled
down a bit.
Monday is an in-service day for teachers, so it's a three day
weekend for the kids. Tomorrow is the Red River Showdown
between Texas Longhorn and the OU Sooners, which is a LOOOONNG
term rivalry. Some of the college kids were able to get tickets
and are here this weekend. Further, tonight is the homecoming
game and dance for the BHS Bulldogs.
And on top of all that, we had a really bad thunderstorm last
night. Apparently a dead tree went down, some other trees
hadn't been cut back like they should have been, so we had one
power line go down somewhere, and others were being blown up
against limbs, and we were having power surges, which ended up
blowing out most of the power strips we had and might have
ruined one of my UPS (uninterruptible power supplies).
The high yesterday was in the mid 90s, I believe. The high
today was in the mid 60s. (That's about 35C and 18C for most of
you).
Also, because I have a fairly new house, which was built with
solar panels to make use of our long summers, pretty much
everything here is electric. We do have a generator in case of
emergency, but it's kind of a pain to fire up. So, this
afternoon, they had to turn off our power while they trimmed and
replaced the downed wire. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem,
but when you have college kids coming home, checking out their
new rooms (after we had everything cleaned and repainted), and
wanting to go to the Homecoming game, plus three high school
kids who have dates tonight (and another who's going with some
friends), and some other kids who attend a different school but
who are still going out to do something...
And your power's off until right at 5pm.
So yeah, I thought I was going to be able to sit down and chat,
but there was just too much going on, and it turns out we're
having problems with one breaker still, so it just didnt' work
out. To much 'DAAADD!!!' and not enough Dad to go around. I
think it's under control now, and everyone has taken off for
their various destinations. The younger kids are in their rooms
messing around, and I finally have a little peace and quiet.
Hopefully things will go more smoothly tomorrow.
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: Zyngaru Date: October 11, 2019, 7:43 pm
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I hope it is all settled now.
Weather can reek havoc where ever it decides to get rough.
I have a propane Generator just in case. I have never had to
use it, because living in town, my electric is never off for
very long, but having the generator, even though it is a task to
hook up and run, is still worth having for peace of mind.
I am assuming your generator is hard wired into your house with
a simple quick switch to change it over? Although if you had
that, as soon as your electric went off, it would have come on
automatically to replace your ground line electric. You might
want to check into getting that system hooked up. Totally
automatic. You can get them that run off natural gas or propane
gas and they will run your entire house. My electric just
doesn't go offline enough for me to justify the expense.
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: afinch Date: October 11, 2019, 11:04 pm
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Mine does, and it's saved me a fortune in defrosted groceries as
well as the contents of my salt water aquarium numerous times.
When the power goes out, the generator automatically kicks on in
8 seconds. Once it does, it's like nothing ever happened--I
have full power. When the power comes back on, the generator
automatically turns itself off, and at that point, modems don't
require resetting, etc. In fact, if it happens when I'm away,
the only way I know something happened is by the oven and
microwave clocks blinking, demanding to be reset--for as high
end and expensive as they were, you'd think they'd automatically
set as well.
Mine is a Generac and the whole house model including
installation ran around 7K. It was well worth it for here.
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: kalico Date: October 12, 2019, 7:10 am
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Yikes I bet that was a bit crazy but happy everything and
everyone is doing good and they all got to their destinations
safely.....,
Hugs kal
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: Jack Date: October 12, 2019, 8:06 am
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The good news is, the problem wasn't as bad as I feared. I
still have an electrician coming to take a look at everything,
but there are only a few wall sockets that aren't working,
because there is one breaker that doesn't want to stay on. Even
as crowded as the house is this weekend, that's not going to
cause any real problems.
The generator you mentioned looks pretty good. I'm not sure
why I didn't go with something like that in the first place. Of
course, the house is about 20 years old now, so there's probably
some reason that just doesn't apply anymore (and it sure is
easier to find things online these days than it was).
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: David M. Katz Date: October 12, 2019, 2:40 pm
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Sounds like you have a faulty breaker.
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: Jack Date: October 12, 2019, 2:59 pm
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=1517.msg15454#msg15454
date=1570909223]
Sounds like you have a faulty breaker.
[/quote]
That's what the electrician said is probably the case. It
sounds like we came out of it a lot better than some places
around here, though.
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Re: 10/11/19 - Emergency
By: Zyngaru Date: October 12, 2019, 6:50 pm
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=1517.msg15454#msg15454
date=1570909223]
Sounds like you have a faulty breaker.
[/quote]
I agree.
I would just open the circuit Breaker Box and replace the
breaker. But unless you know what you're doing I don't
recommend it for everyone. I keep a spare 20 amp and a spare 30
amp breaker at my box. I rewired each room of my house as I
remodeled.
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