Another belated Happy Birthday, David! I hope you had a great day with lots of cake and ice cream.
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In general, NO. As you correctly surmise, it usually doesn't start a fire when power comes back after an outage, where, basically, nobody has turned off the main breaker.
More specifically, if the cause of the outage was INside the building (bad enough to trip the main!) , turning all the breakers off before turning the main back on does make sense. When you turn on the faulted circuit it should trip and you'll have an idea where the problem is.
Otoh, if enough load is put on the system when it's trying to close back in, it might cause problems, but not likely to be in the home / business, rather in the distribution. The surge load might be enough to trip that back out. For that reason, power companies often recommend that, during an outage, most load is turned off, although the device switches are enough for that. (Leave one light on so you know when the power is back.) Motor loads will automatically default to OFF when the power goes away, and will stay off until manually turned on, so no problems there.
Any time there is a huge and sudden increase in load on the line - and after an outage it's trying to pick up the whole load all at once! - the delivered voltage will droop briefly. If it drops too far, it will trip out again. Ever see your mod drop voltage after a long pull, then pop back up after releasing the fire button? Same kind of thing happens on the line. But they do have better regulation
Thanks for the info…that all makes sense. I forgot to specify that I turned the breaker off for the heater that was involved (since it would need a repair) before turning on the main breaker. That was the only one, though.
And, HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY to you! A laid-back kind of day sounds like a pretty good way to celebrate
Thanks again, to all.
The best
Glad to help out, and that I actually made sense out of it I sometimes get a bit technical, after 25 years in the power industry. 
The best
Glad to help out, and that I actually made sense out of it
I sometimes get a bit technical, after 25 years in the power industry. 
Belated 
Happy Belated Birthday David.
Willie, a pair of good boots are a gift to awaken memories.
I have a new pair that I hope to make some new memories. Now, I'm no expert, but if the lases are in better shape than the boots, it tells me that the laces have been replaced a time or two. In my boots, I've used paracord. I got in the habit when the fly-boys would drop off their boots for me to replace their laces. The fly-boys are a superstitious lot. We were supposed to turn in gear to get new gear. Flight suits and boots they would not part with.
My hand has not improved but I am optimistic. I started to replace a coil in my tank Thursday evening. It tried Thursday evening, Friday, Saturday, and finally was successful today. I'm glad that I had a spare rig.
Willie, a pair of good boots are a gift to awaken memories.
I have a new pair that I hope to make some new memories. Now, I'm no expert, but if the lases are in better shape than the boots, it tells me that the laces have been replaced a time or two. In my boots, I've used paracord. I got in the habit when the fly-boys would drop off their boots for me to replace their laces. The fly-boys are a superstitious lot. We were supposed to turn in gear to get new gear. Flight suits and boots they would not part with.
My hand has not improved but I am optimistic. I started to replace a coil in my tank Thursday evening. It tried Thursday evening, Friday, Saturday, and finally was successful today. I'm glad that I had a spare rig.
Nuttin' cuter than little Nermals.
Good morning. Woke up at 5 this morning and my brain started working overtime.
Our neighbors came over last night and said they want to buy our house!! Papers aren't signed yet, but we're very optimistic. I'm ecstatic that we won't have to go through the staging and open house and random showing aggravations. They're not in a huge rush since their house is not on the market and that means we're not under a lot of pressure to find our next house immediately. They're a lovely couple trying to have a 2nd child and need a bigger house with more land - pretty much the same reasons we bought this house. Things just seem to be falling into place so that's a good sign.
This afternoon I'll be heading to our daughter's house to watch the boys on Tues and Wed. so I'll be back Wed. about suppertime. This is going to be so much easier when we live closer to them. I'd be able to just come home after watching them and not bother with staying overnight.
Our neighbors came over last night and said they want to buy our house!! Papers aren't signed yet, but we're very optimistic. I'm ecstatic that we won't have to go through the staging and open house and random showing aggravations. They're not in a huge rush since their house is not on the market and that means we're not under a lot of pressure to find our next house immediately. They're a lovely couple trying to have a 2nd child and need a bigger house with more land - pretty much the same reasons we bought this house. Things just seem to be falling into place so that's a good sign.
This afternoon I'll be heading to our daughter's house to watch the boys on Tues and Wed. so I'll be back Wed. about suppertime. This is going to be so much easier when we live closer to them. I'd be able to just come home after watching them and not bother with staying overnight.
That is great, Janet. We are not having such good luck but should decide what we are going to do in the next few days.
@DavidOck - Happy Belated Birthday. Too bad you couldn't have been at Kate's and celebrated it along with Hux. I'm sure you would have had a relaxed and fun time on the water slide. A few adults tried it out after enough imbibing of liquid encouragement.
Very good news.
Morning. misfits.
The claim is that today is the last day of our latest heat wave. We'll see.
Wonderful!
Yeah, a LOT of encouragement!
Uh, Willie?
The claim is that today is the last day of our latest heat wave. We'll see.
Wonderful! Yeah, a LOT of encouragement!Uh, Willie?
Hola ..
When I was a kid, you'd be lucky to get a cone hat and a cake and maybe a squirt gun .. these days, it's all about creating an 'event' .. destination weddings, gender reveal parties, turn your back yard into a water park, etc .. sheesh ..
You know I'm just poking you .. looks like a fine time for a hot day, and if I had been there, might have taken a turn down that slide .. (after proper liquid / substance motivation and a vow from all adults to haul my .... to the ER if things did not quite work out) ..
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I lost my mother to breast cancer that morphed into other cancers.
Godspeed Olivia, you will remain in our "happy place" forever. RIP Sandy.
Now, that's Eeyore. Used to hang with Winnie the Poo and that crowd. Anyway, Eeyore's my spirit animal, mostly because we share the same cheerful disposition and optimistic outlook on life.
Morning, misfits.
Looks to be a nice day here, some cloud cover and noises about maybe rain. Uh huh. Would be nice, though.
Looks to be a nice day here, some cloud cover and noises about maybe rain. Uh huh. Would be nice, though.
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