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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I had a similar situation some years ago. Basically every time my neighbor's new air conditioner switched on my lights would dim.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Multiple calls to PG&E over several weeks. They put a recording voltmeter on the line, but wouldn't you know it we had a cool spell so the AC didn't run that week.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Eventually a truck came about 10 PM. He did some tests and concluded that there was a problem with the grounding on their side of the meter. About 11PM, he got out his ladders, climbed the pole by the street and replaced the wire to my house. There is a streetlight, so he wasn't working in total darkness...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Anyway problem solved. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I totally suggest getting a big bucket of patience and then set about getting PG&E to check things out.</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, October 1, 2021, 02:48:37 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Quoting Dana Goyette (<a href="mailto:danagoyette@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">danagoyette@gmail.com</a>):<br><br>[house wiring:]<br><br>> What would it likely cost to have somebody take a look at it? Is it a<br>> thing we can get the power company (PG&E) to check out for free?<br><br>On Question 1, I don't know, but that's what getting a quotation from an<br>electrician is good for. On Question 2, I doubt the utility will do<br>much beyond verify the correctness and reliability of their feed to your<br>house, but it doesn't hurt to ask. (I believe the utility implements<br>its version of what telcos call the "demarcation point", the physical<br>place in the house where its responsibility ends and that of the<br>homeowner begins.)<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div>
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