All of my circuit breakers just tripped. This happened right after the lights brightened (for a split second) and everything else shut down.
The only thing that is really going is the washing machine, refrigerator, air conditioner, laptop, and tv (flat panel). I have some lights on.
I reset all the breakers and I noticed all the light bulbs have "popped" out. Which sucks because they're halogen and those curly type energy saving bulbs and those are expensive.
I checked everything else and it works fine.
Is the utility company responsible for the light bulb damage?
My apartment is 4 months old so there is no bad wiring. I asked my neighbors downstairs and they noticed some strange power malfunctions at the same time.
2007-11-13 10:27:23 · 7 answers · asked by Dude 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Just a wild guess but I suspect the neutral connection of the main service has opened up. Possible causes are a loose connection at the service entrance (windy day?) Power company doing service in the area? "Backhoe Incident" with underground service.
This can be a dangerous thing since circuits designed for 110 Volts may see as much as 220 Volts. Good appliances may have internal fuses blow, cheap ones may just catch fire!
I had this happen in a house where the telephone company was replacing an underground wire and accidentally cut the underground power cable. The telephone company paid for all of the damage and replaced the 175ft of underground electric service cable. We lost a TV (internal fuse) and a freezer (not worth fixing) and a few light bulbs. No one was home at the time so not many lights were on.
2007-11-13 13:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by R P A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok seriously here.If your power just surged enough to blow all the light bulbs in the house then there is a BAD problem in the wiring someplace!!! Most likely where it enters the building.
2007-11-13 11:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by erndog1001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call the power company and report it. I don't know about your light bulbs but at least report it.
2007-11-13 11:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by John himself 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You had a voltage surge.
What's odd is that your downstairs neighbor
(who's probably on the same service), had
so much less of an incident.
Was there, by any chance, a thunderstorm going on?
2007-11-13 22:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably a power surge notify your landlord might be something serious
2007-11-13 12:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by Danny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power surge
2007-11-13 10:33:03 · answer #6 · answered by Helen M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS A NEW THING CALLED A POWER SURGE
CALL & COMPLAIN-THE ANSWER IS ALWAY NO
IF YOU DON'T ASK
2007-11-13 10:33:14 · answer #7 · answered by MAttsprat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋