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Originally Posted by bjones6416
Is it not stormy there, or do you have a UPS? Really, even if we don't have anything as extreme as a house fire (!), power goes out, even if momentarily, a LOT during the summer. I've always heard that the surge of coming back on is hard on appliances. I'm no electrician, though.
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We have an occasional outage but not often. I have a surge protector (just the power-plug type, nothing special. It's not really the come on that is an issue, though that does load the grid/supply when a whole house (or block) comes on at once. Usually the more problematic thing is the spikes and lulls if that is happening. Most electronics runs off of switching power supplies these days which are much less susceptible to power fluctuations.
Lightning strikes can cause major issues particularly though Cable or Phone lines if they are above ground (e.g. on poles)....
oh and I am an EE.
That doesn't mean I know that much, but I was trained and studied all of it at some point.