what could be causing this!

[JohnW2]

Are you overhead fed?

Is that question directed at me? If so ...

As, I've said, it's common where I am (rural with lengthy overhead supplies) ...

Kind Regards, John

 

[cwhaley]

I think we were just agreeing with you, John.

 

[2019]

Are you overhead fed?

The electric is overhead poles to a pole on my site, runs down the pole then underground to my electric box on the exterior wall.

 

[2019]

Is this something new, or something you have noticed is happening more frequently?

Have just noticed it these last few months.

I got new spotlights wired into my kitchen, heat detectors etc,.. and i was thinking maybe it was something he electrician did.

 

[fluorescence]

Have just noticed it these last few months.

I got new spotlights wired into my kitchen, heat detectors etc,.. and i was thinking maybe it was something he electrician did.

Very unlikely if it is indeed the entire electrical supply that is being lost at once (lights, sockets, cooker boiler etc. all at the same time).

As said by several members you need to report this to the DNO, and pronto too!

 

[2019]

Very unlikely if it is indeed the entire electrical supply that is being lost at once (lights, sockets, cooker boiler etc. all at the same time).

As said by several members you need to report this to the DNO, and pronto too!

I will do it this week. What could it be though

 

[JohnW2]

I will do it this week. What could it be though

Unfortunately, if it's anything like the situation experienced by myself and some others here, it would just be due to features of the distribution network which the DNO cannot realistically, and/or will not, be able to do anything about.

Kind Regards, John

 

[bernardgreen]

Canvey Island September 2018

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...-from-canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

 

[JohnD]

Unfortunately, if it's anything like the situation experienced by myself and some others here, it would just be due to features of the distribution network which the DNO cannot realistically, and/or will not, be able to do anything about.

Kind Regards, John

Get your letter in anyway (not a phone call or email) and get your neighbours to do the same. It will get logged and may eventually reach the top of somebody's in-tray. If you don't, it won't.

They have budgets for network reinforcement and money spent is added to the asset cost from which their permissible profits are calculated.

 

[JohnW2]

Get your letter in anyway (not a phone call or email) and get your neighbours to do the same.

Unless I've missed it, I don't think we've yet had any confirmation that the OP's neighbours are experiencing the same. They very probably are but, as I said way back, I think the OP probably ought to confirm that before involving the DNO.

Kind Regards, John

 

[bernardgreen]

I think the OP probably ought to confirm that before involving the DNO.

No... the DNO should be informed now. If there is a fault it could be one that only affects the supply to the OP's house. A fault ( such as overheating due to a resistive or loose connection ) where the service cable to the house is connected to the street cable would affect only that house but could eventually damage the street cable.

 

[JohnW2]

No... the DNO should be informed now. If there is a fault it could be one that only affects the supply to the OP's house. A fault ( such as overheating due to a resistive or loose connection ) where the service cable to the house is connected to the street cable would affect only that house but could eventually damage the street cable.

I'm not sure that I agree ...

IF only the OP, and none of his neighbours (being sure to check with several, which might be on different phases), is experiencing periodic power glitches, it's not impossible that there is a potentially dangerous fault within his own installation (such as a loose connection or other problem, in CU).

For that reason, I would personally advise first checking with neighbours, and if they are not also experiencing the same, get an electrician to check the OP's installation as a matter of urgency, before jumping to the conclusion that the problem is in the network or cutout. However, that's just my opinion!

Kind Regards, John

 

[arkie]

The first 4 years out in the sticks i used a laptop, but then after 6 years of putting up with 1 to 60 second blips on a PC, even with lots of cables being put underground by the power co, it did improve things a lot, but i finally caved in this year and got a UPS for the PC, now every time there's a blip i can smile and say to my self its worth every penny. And so far its been almost twice weekly this winter!

*UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply, a battery in a box.

 

[conny]

Countryside here as well and we also experience these blips, especially during winter months, and neighbours down the road (1/4 mile away) also get them.

 

[scousespark]

Have just noticed it these last few months.

I got new spotlights wired into my kitchen, heat detectors etc,.. and i was thinking maybe it was something he electrician did.

Given this is something which started recently, I would echo the advice to contact your DNO. It would be strange for those changes to cause what you have described.