Dizzy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 What was that then..... anyone else just experience that (approx 9.35pm) Lights and everything went off for about a second and on back on .. pc shut down and restarted itself..and in the distance I can hear dogs barking and house alarms going off and. Comes to something when the most exciting thing to happen to me today worth chatting about is a split second tiny power faliure or a surge eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 a second ? dismayed how bored are u tonight !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Very very very bored indeed Indy (can you tell) ... ...and just as I'd started to do something interesting 'it' happened and my pc suddenly restarted itself and I lost my thread completely. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO BORED... I think I need a complete change of direction in my life !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Believe hedonism is a good cure for boredom Diz; if you can afford it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 It happens quite often (twice per year) I was told it is switching transformers but I have no proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Momentarily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 never noticed it but we did have a "brown out" the last week round the bewsey area. i think that was responsible for my DVD recorder going pop. can't prove it though and have not yet found out what caused it. thought it was just the light bulb going at first but when i turned one of the other lights on that was flickering and buzzing as well. lasted for about twenty seconds and was really spooky. bit like a scene from a horror film, all the lights in the house flickering just before the door bursts open with a crash and a dark figure appears in the doorway. ooh I've frightened myself now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Never heard of a 'brown out' ... apart from in the political sense of course So is a 'brown out' a real electricity term or just words you use to describe what physically happens to you when you are feeling frightened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Never heard of a 'brown out' ... apart from in the political sense of course So is a 'brown out' a real electricity term or just words you use to describe what physically happens to you when you are feeling frightened DISMAYED!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 YES PETER.. YOU BELLOWED !!! What's up, was it something I said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evil Sid Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 brown out is an electrical term. it is when the voltage dips but does not stop. so that you are getting a reduced voltage. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/power/ext/probsBrownouts-c.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 "BROWN OUT......." Oh if only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Thanks Sid: thought it might have been PC new speak for a "black out"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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