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First off... hello everyone. My name is Nicholas.
I am having a persisting electrical issue in my apartment. Way back in the Summer of 2016, my neighborhood experienced two blackouts. One that lasted a few seconds and a few weeks later, another that lasted around 15 hours. The second one took out my entire block on a Friday night. In between the time of the 1st and 2nd blackouts, our power levels were extremely weak. To the point where the lights and t.v. at my place would flicker off and on. When they weren't doing that, my lights and t.v. were a lot dimmer than usual. Like they were teetering on the brink of losing all power.
After the second blackout, power was fully restored and everything seemed fine. But I noticed, over the period of a few weeks... my t.v., lights and computer screen all began to get dimmer again. Right now, in 2018 (yes two years later), nothing has changed. Last January (2017), we had another quick-hitter power dip and at the time I was on my computer. It cut off and then restarted. As did the lights and t.v. in my living room. Ever since then, no more quick-hitter or long-lasting power drops. But the dim picture quality on my t.v. screen, p.c. screen and dimming lights continues to be a problem. My microwave and washing machine also sound a lot weaker when we're using them.
My roommate notices as she is sitting in her room reading, the lights all of a sudden will just get dimmer. We're not experiencing any crackling sounds in the walls, not smelling any smoke, no sparks have appeared anywhere so that's good I guess? I purchased one of those voltage testers recently and went through the whole house testing the voltage. Everything came back at around 122.6 or 123.9. As far as I know, anything severely under 120 is considered low voltage, correct?
So I would really appreciate it if I could get some theories on what the problem is here. Who should I be hassling to fix this, con edison or our landlord? I have contacted con edison a few times, to no avail. They either come back with a 'no problem' report after scouring the area, or have told me that I need to take it up with my building landlord. I don't think it's a building issue, because we have never had problems with the power until that quick-hitter two years ago. After that larger blackout, con edison supposedly repaired the problem. While we do 'have' power, there's obviously an underlying issue somewhere. Thanks for any help with this.
I am having a persisting electrical issue in my apartment. Way back in the Summer of 2016, my neighborhood experienced two blackouts. One that lasted a few seconds and a few weeks later, another that lasted around 15 hours. The second one took out my entire block on a Friday night. In between the time of the 1st and 2nd blackouts, our power levels were extremely weak. To the point where the lights and t.v. at my place would flicker off and on. When they weren't doing that, my lights and t.v. were a lot dimmer than usual. Like they were teetering on the brink of losing all power.
After the second blackout, power was fully restored and everything seemed fine. But I noticed, over the period of a few weeks... my t.v., lights and computer screen all began to get dimmer again. Right now, in 2018 (yes two years later), nothing has changed. Last January (2017), we had another quick-hitter power dip and at the time I was on my computer. It cut off and then restarted. As did the lights and t.v. in my living room. Ever since then, no more quick-hitter or long-lasting power drops. But the dim picture quality on my t.v. screen, p.c. screen and dimming lights continues to be a problem. My microwave and washing machine also sound a lot weaker when we're using them.
My roommate notices as she is sitting in her room reading, the lights all of a sudden will just get dimmer. We're not experiencing any crackling sounds in the walls, not smelling any smoke, no sparks have appeared anywhere so that's good I guess? I purchased one of those voltage testers recently and went through the whole house testing the voltage. Everything came back at around 122.6 or 123.9. As far as I know, anything severely under 120 is considered low voltage, correct?
So I would really appreciate it if I could get some theories on what the problem is here. Who should I be hassling to fix this, con edison or our landlord? I have contacted con edison a few times, to no avail. They either come back with a 'no problem' report after scouring the area, or have told me that I need to take it up with my building landlord. I don't think it's a building issue, because we have never had problems with the power until that quick-hitter two years ago. After that larger blackout, con edison supposedly repaired the problem. While we do 'have' power, there's obviously an underlying issue somewhere. Thanks for any help with this.
