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How many brownouts do you experience each month?

post #1 of 7
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Brownouts are when the house AC voltage drops much lower than 110v, no one notices because it only lasts a few seconds but something might break if you happen to be running a lot of gears and be playing your audio system at high volume. The only way I know I'm having a brownout is from my UPS for my computer in the other room. I hear that thing beep at least once a month, it only beeps when it switches from AC outlet to battery. I know the problem is not my house because the wiring is done in 12 gauge and it's fairly new, and I get 117~120v normally.

I live near a paper factory so maybe everytime they start their giant machine it disrupts the entire power grid?
post #2 of 7
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Really? No one here has ever had a problem with their power service?
post #3 of 7
We have a 1 and 4 year old daughters - We experience ALOT of brownouts! :>

Sorry, I had to!!!

On the original issue, I have pretty consistent power here in MA. I have a UPS on my PC as well and I hardly ever hear from it.




Dennis
post #4 of 7
I live within 5 miles of a nuke plant and a coal plant here in MN, i think our power is "wireless"... the cat does glow in the dark now.

I've had maybe 2 brownouts in the 3 years i've been here. Both times, i was gone. UPS held up for the 4+ hours once. At least everything was in standby...
post #5 of 7
In the summer, I have plenty of brownouts. Sometimes enough to make the lights dim. I've seen as low as around 105 volts.
post #6 of 7
None, that I am aware of in SoCal; perhaps 1/2 in Alaska.

Are you sure your UPS is not self-testing?
post #7 of 7
None here as far as I can remember. A power failure, a power flicker rarely but a brownout don't think it happened
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