need to vent... lost a leg of power to our house. no water.

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10-13-2011, 20:48
HBARleatherneck

need to vent... lost a leg of power to our house. no water.

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10-13-2011, 20:53
mevshooter

I'll be praying for you guys!
10-13-2011, 20:53
Holger Danske

Good luck. I know the pain of not being able to run the pump. We keep water in basement, some gallon jugs in the pantry and I was fortunate to have a neighbor give me one of those 250 gallon "cubes" to store water in the barn for the animals. I hope you can get the electrical straightened out in short order.
10-13-2011, 20:56
SideShow Bob

If the problem isn't in your panel, it will be at the transformer that feeds the lines to your house, or in the lines from there to your meter. Call the power company.
10-13-2011, 20:57
CUatTheEnd

Hope it gets fixed quickly for you guys!
10-13-2011, 20:59
HBARleatherneck

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10-13-2011, 21:00
Zundfolge

Ugh what a pain.

Maybe you should put a nice gas or diesel generator on your Christmas list.
10-13-2011, 21:06
HBARleatherneck

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10-13-2011, 21:10
SideShow Bob

If it is before your meter, it should be the power company's problem to fix. But I know , it sucks until they get out and fix it.
10-13-2011, 21:12
Great-Kazoo

If you need another generator call me, or stop by i will be available after 2:30 I have a 5K with 2-3) 110 and 1)220.
10-13-2011, 21:18
Byte Stryke

I Don't know much about electrical...

I only know the sound it makes when you do it wrong :)

If you have Tanks, I can bring the truck out and get water
10-14-2011, 12:17
HBARleatherneck

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10-14-2011, 12:35
Bailey Guns

I'm curious now...what happened to the underground line?
10-14-2011, 13:05
HBARleatherneck

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10-14-2011, 13:25
StagLefty

So you get charged for the repair ? I take it this is not a public utility service ?
10-14-2011, 13:48
sniper7

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

well the rest of the power burned out this morning.
We called Eaton Electric and told them our situation with the young kids and livestock. They pushed another commercial client back and came right out. We traced the line, found the fault, we dug it up, fixed the problems and now we are back in business. $440 later.

glad you got the power back! the money sucks but it could be a whole lot worse
10-14-2011, 13:55
HBARleatherneck

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10-14-2011, 23:19
Busta Prima

I hope I didn't miss the answer for reading too fast but I'd be willing to bet it was aluminum wire? It's unfortunate they use that a lot for the main run between the meter and the house and it only lasts 20 years or so before something like that happens.

They use aluminum wire to save money . . . . and that was back when copper was CHEAP!! YIKES! If they ever go back to it INSIDE the home, things will be even worse. It only half works for mains because the wire size is so large.
10-15-2011, 09:12
HBARleatherneck

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10-15-2011, 17:13
Tweety Bird

How did they fix it? Did they have to run all new wire from the pole or did they splice it underground?
10-15-2011, 18:44
HBARleatherneck

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