My dad ran a business out of our garage when I was a kid. Big machinery. And whenever he’d get into to something tough and bog the machines down, the power in the house would sag so much the lights would brown out and the picture on the tube tv would get real small.
This happened all the time, for YEARS. We’d called and complained so many times. Every once in a while they’d send a tech out, he’d plug into the meter socket on our house with a tester, then deem the values appropriate, and leave.
We were like no seriously, when there’s a real heavy load it’s bad. Nope, it’s fine, blah blah.
For YEARS.
Then one day the breaker on the pole blew, and they came out to reset it. And when THIS lady came, we begged her, please, something is wrong, please look closer. So she climbed the pole, low and behold the transformer and wiring was all roasted up there. I forget what the explanation was, but they needed to replace the whole thing.
My dad ran a business out of our garage when I was a kid. Big machinery. And whenever he’d get into to something tough and bog the machines down, the power in the house would sag so much the lights would brown out and the picture on the tube tv would get real small. This happened all the time, for YEARS. We’d called and complained so many times. Every once in a while they’d send a tech out, he’d plug into the meter socket on our house with a tester, then deem the values appropriate, and leave.
We were like no seriously, when there’s a real heavy load it’s bad. Nope, it’s fine, blah blah.
For YEARS.
Then one day the breaker on the pole blew, and they came out to reset it. And when THIS lady came, we begged her, please, something is wrong, please look closer. So she climbed the pole, low and behold the transformer and wiring was all roasted up there. I forget what the explanation was, but they needed to replace the whole thing.
We never had a problem after that 🤷♂️