On May 29, 2:46*am, Evan wrote:
On May 29, 12:08*am, Home Guy wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
Last night I was in the basement on the PC, and watching TV.
Anyway, there was a loud bang, and all power in the house went
off.
Went back downstairs and found the main breaker had tripped.
Flipped it back on and the lights went on.
Another breaker was tripped - either a 15 or 20 - that runs some
basement lights and the pedestal pump for the lift system.
Flipped that back on too.
Any idea what the hell happened?

Raccoon? *(or some other nocturnal creature?)

Yeah a temporary dead short on the Service Entrance
cables due to an animal or part of a plant may have
been the culprit...

Which would NOT account for the main breaker and
one circuit breaker tripping.




If it had been something inside the house on a 15 or
20 amp circuit that tripped the main 200 amp breaker
you would have observed some sort of fried wiring...

What makes you think he's observed all the wiring?



Was there any sort of abnormal weather events
going on, sometimes a transient surge from a
nearby yet not direct hit lightning strike can cause
a similar issue as well...