The same night, we have lost the stabiliser of our fridge and 1 CFL bulb. Some time ago, we lost a 1kw Servo controlled stabiliser to a similar surge.
Trying to find out from the Goa Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) what to do about this at the dept. level. M&M On 22 September 2017 at 05:32, Frederick Noronha <[email protected] > wrote: > Just to share an experience about what happened on Wednesday night here. > > At about 2 am, the wind was blowing heavily, and suddenly the lights went > off. When the power returned, one phase was not working. > > Surprisingly, the lights looked very bright. > > Just thought of taking a digital multi-meter and checking the power supply. > > To my surprise, the power was reading about 430 volts, and the difference > between neutral and earth was showing some 70 volts! This should be not > more than 3 volts at most, if I'm not wrong. > > I phoned the 24-hour electricity complaints number (1912). They were > polite. > > Soon, someone from the department (probably Porvorim) angrily called back > and wanted to know whether I had complained. It must have been close to 4 > am. He said crossly that the department could not sort out "individual > problems", and that no other complaints had come up from the area. > > I pointed out that probably everyone else was fast asleep, but this being > my work timings I was up and feeling the pinch. > > The next morning, they were on their job. By the time I phoned the Saligao > electricity office, the staff there was aware that it was their transformer > fault. > > I had in the meanwhile checked with my neighbours who also confirmed that > their fridge was not coming on (naturally, given the high voltage). Some of > their electrical equipment has also blown in the meanwhile. One of our LED > bulbs burst too. What a waste! > > Moral of the story: if you see something wrong, please complain to 1912. > They tend to take note of complaints and follow-up on these. > > Regards, > > Frederick > 9822122436 (SMS only) > > -- > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ................................................................ there *is* *anOTHERgoa at:* *<https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967 <https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967>>,<https://www.facebook.com/goa.garbage.struggle <https://www.facebook.com/goa.garbage.struggle>>,*<http://www.an*OTHER*goa. blogspot.in <http://www.anothergoa.blogspot.in/>>, <http://www.saligao.org>, <http://www.youtube.com/anothergoa> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' muriel & mario, c/o FULKAR, 6/22, sonarbhatt, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: *0832.2409999* / 9405950605 <anothergoa AT gmail.com> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
