On Nov 26, 6:56*am, "Twayne" wrote:
On Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:44:19p, BobK207 told us...

After some time away..............came home to:

two TV's
two DVD / VCR combos
wireless router
garage door opener
forced air furnace
GFI in garage tripped & will not reset
some wall repectales & lighting circuits not working
(but no breakers tripped and power ok on both hot legs)

all items were non-functional, non- responsive, no power up

cable company had called & said their cable equipment in the vicinity
of our house was "blown"

I pulled the panel cover & tightened all wire clamps on the breakers
and the screws on the neutral bus....found a couple slightly loose.
All circuits returned to working order.

furnace 24v transformer bad...replaced it and furnace now working
bought new router before I checked to see if old router failure was
just power supply, it was *

no lightning storms while away

any ideas as to cause of destruction of all these electronic items?

voltage surge? *cause of said surge?

cheers
Bob

Voltage surge. *Who knows. *Call your power company. *They should
have some sort of record of anything unusual. *It also wouldn’t hurt
to have them come out and check electrical service, including panel.

You don't need a lightning storm to be hit by lightning. *Any neighbors
have same problems?

Homes mostly sporadically occupied, none on the same transformer are
here...

my closet thing to an "effected neighbor" is the cable company guy &
their blown equipment.

cheers
Bob