Cheryl, I have a few questions. How old is your home? Is the electrical
service underground or overhead? Can you correlate the flickering lights
with thunderstorms and lightning somewhere in your area? Do any of your
neighbors have the same experiences? What sort of major electric appliances
do you have (Air conditioning, stove, water heater, etc.)? Do you have an
emergency generator connected to your home? Did you make any changes to
your home or install anything prior to the beginning of the flickering
problem? Do you have a battery back up system for your home computer? Do
you have a large copy machine or printer that is left on most of the time?
How close is your home to the power company's nearest substation? Has there
been any major construction in your area recently such as the opening of a
new office building, shopping center, or housing development?

The power company has instruments that can monitor the power coming into
your home. You can try and demand that they set something up at your
location. Otherwise, contact an electrician who can rent the instruments
and connect it to your service. That might provide you with tangible
evidence as to the cause.


John Grabowski
http://www.mrelectrician.tv



"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.

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Cheryl