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jpoc

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#115579 31-Mar-2013 07:27
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Since yesterday afternoon, we have had at least seven power outages. There may have been more while I was asleep or out.

The shortest lasted only a couple of seconds while the longest was a few minutes.

Seriously annoying.

Anyone with any ideas as to what is going on?

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jpoc

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  #789959 31-Mar-2013 16:21
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The power company had no knowledge of a fault.

Eventually, it went off and did not come back.

I looked outside at my smart meter and it was clearly seeing power but the lcd display was going berserk flashing up all kinds of things that look like error codes. (F30000 and F00010 for example) By a process of elimination, I worked out that it was the washing machine. Even though it was turned off, it was upsetting the meter.

Washing machine unplugged and all is well.



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