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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: ABX on October 25, 2016, 12:54:52 am

Title: Brown outs
Post by: ABX on October 25, 2016, 12:54:52 am

Has anyone experienced a series of Brown outs tonight? We've had 3 tonight at different parts of town. Usually lasting for a few seconds. A friend in Frisco just posted on Facebook they were having the same thing.

Title: Re: Brown outs
Post by: Oceander on October 25, 2016, 01:11:40 am

Maybe the Russian hackers have gotten tired of hacking DNC emails and are going after infrastructure now.

Title: Re: Brown outs
Post by: thackney on October 25, 2016, 04:36:39 pm

Quote from: AbaraXas on October 25, 2016, 12:54:52 am

Has anyone experienced a series of Brown outs tonight? We've had 3 tonight at different parts of town. Usually lasting for a few seconds. A friend in Frisco just posted on Facebook they were having the same thing.

Brownout or Blackout?

Brownouts are a lower voltage that keeps the power on.

http://gotpower.com/brownouts-and-blackouts/

A Blackout that last a few seconds is often the result of a distribution line recloser operating.