"Cheryl" wrote in message
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Hello. It's possible I can't give enough information here for a
diffinitive answer, but I'm asking anyway. My lights and other
electrical appliances have recently been experiencing surges of
power; lights go brighter, refridgerator goes louder, etc. I'm afraid
this is going to damage something, or cause a fire. I've called the
power company and their annoying automated messages state that
flickering lights (etc) are usually caused by interier wiring, yet
others I've spoken to say that nothing can cause EXTRA power to be
supplied to the affected appliances, diminished yes, extra (surges)
no. It also doesn't effect one or two circuits, either, but pretty
much the whole house. Should I contact an electrician, or have the
power company come out and inspect? They say they'll charge me $80
for the visit if the problem isn't in their wiring, and they might
not be able to resolve it for that price.


You probably have a bad connection somewhere, most likely at the mains
breaker panel.....

Feel the breaker switches for heat, could be one of the breakers is going
bad and will melt down pretty soon ....

Have someone who knows what they are doing come look at it, poke around,
jiggle wires and that sort of thing--a liscensed electrician would be a good
person to do this....

There will likely be some heat and probably a discolored terminal from that
heat wherever the problem is at.

Oh, and dont mess around waiting, the condition is dangerous as it is, and
certainly isnt gonna improve with time.

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SVL