On 6 Dec 2005 16:51:59 -0800, "
wrote:

My wife was useing the stove and disposal.The furnice was running and
the dryer.The lights started to get dim and then everything on one side
of the house went out.Turned everything off looked for a blown
circuit.Nothing.My wife turned on the stove again and the lights came
back on but was very dim.Turn the stove off.No lights.Stove on,lights
but dim and the furnice won't work at all. It's like the stove needs to
be on before anything works but the stove dosn't heat up.Very low power
help!!

Do what everyone else said on here. Check your incoming power with a
meter and after your main, etc. If you are not getting proper
readings, take a long wooden pole and whack the power wires where they
enter at the top of your house. My brother-in-law had somerhing like
this happen. He called me and I went there and my meter measured 120v
on one side of the line, and fluctuated on the other side (before main
breaker). I got a long board and told him to wateh the meter. I
whacked the wires and he said the lights came back on and the meter
went to 120v (or something close to that). I knew that the problem
was the connections where the cable from the power pole connects to
the top of the meter stack. Of course I dont mess with those wires
because there is no way to disconnect them. He called the power
company and they found a badly corroded connection up there. They
told him that normally he was supposed to get an electrician for
anything past the power pole, but they put on some new connectors
anyhow. My sister gave them some goodies to eat for their help and
everyone was happy.

If you do whack the wires, BE SURE to use wood, not a metal pipe or
anything conductive.