rfunk: (sparks)
Add MemoryShare This Entry
posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 03:04pm on 26/06/2008 under , , ,
There was some really close lightning/thunderbolts last night.

The damage so far:
- A bunch of circuit breakers and at least one ground-fault circuit-interruptor had to be reset (despite the breakers not appearing to have tripped)
- One blown fuse, disabling the water pressure tank, leaving us with no water in the house. (I replaced the fuse with a circuit breaker that fits the socket.)
- The display on my fancy two-line desk phone is dead, so I no longer know who's calling (among other uses of that display). I'll need to check the surge protection on that.

Things are better now that the water is fixed (and will be better still after I finally get a shower), but the phone damage is a repeating low-level annoyance.
There is 1 comment on this entry. (Reply.)
 
posted by [identity profile] the-shampoo.livejournal.com at 05:35pm on 27/06/2008
Lightning struck the power station across the street yesterday, and I must admit it was a bit alarming. There was a crazy bright green light that flashed, and then this BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ sound. The power went out for a minute, but then came back on pretty quick.
Our house isn't grounded, so Brian makes me unplug everything in a storm, even though he has several surge protectors.

April

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
        1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
13 14
 
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
 
20
 
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30