Close your eyes and imagine Lynda Carter in her Wonder Woman costume jumping up and down. It’ll stop falling, stop being soft, and bounce back from that embarrassing six-inch low, and then you can get it super wet.
rshetts
6305
I am one of the lucky ones in SE Michigan. I did lose power for about 30 minutes but the downside is that when it came back on I only got power back to about half of my house. According to DTE this entire area will be browned out until Sunday. I am just glad that my furnace was not part of the affected area of my home.
Houngan
6306
Update us on softness and wetness. If power is required, we can talk you through it.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
I’m no electrician, but how does that make sense, brownout or otherwise? They can’t send power to half your panel…
Sure they can, if one leg of two phase service is still out. But I would be surprised if a furnace was not on 220 V which would have trouble working if only one phase was active.
Like I said, I’m no electrician!
rshetts
6311
Yep, my electrician explained it to me and had me call the energy company who verified it was a phase issue and I would likely have half power until Sunday. My furnace must not be 220 because it still works, but my dryer which is definitely on 220 does not. What sucks is that I have no power to my detached garage and the only way in is through the powered door. So I can not get to my car. My garage door opener has battery back up which has always worked before but sadly, it doesnt work now. It’s about 6 or 7 years old now so the battery is probably toast. The first thing Im doing once power is restored is change out that battery. Its a good thing Im retired and dont need the car for work.
That reminds me, I need to figure out where my manual garage door key is. I’m in the same boat with one-way-in garage but I do have a key that’s supposed to disconnect the opener in an emergency…but where that key is, I have no idea.
You mean remotely? Every opener I’ve ever seen has a little rope you pull on to disengage the motor (but requires access to the space).
I believe it’s a high-tech solution whereby one turns the key, which pulls on a rope, which disconnects the opener. :) I’ve only ever used it once, many years ago. Who knows if the mechanism is still functional, even if I can find the key!
I had our opener replaced last year, because it wouldn’t open in colder weather. I did a lot of opening that door manually. Turns out the coil that is used to offset the weight needed to be adjusted, but I have a new opener 😅
Houngan
6316
Friendly reminder for DIY people: do NOT mess with garage door coil springs in any way. They will kill you.
CraigM
6318
About a year ago I was sitting at my desk working. My desk was right next to the door to the garage.
I about shit myself when I heard a sound like a shotgun. Took me a few minutes but discovered the spring had sheared in half.
I had this problem and finally paid a contractor/friend to put a side door into the garage.
rshetts
6320
I do have a door but it was sealed shut before I bought the house. I figured that since the opener had a battery backup, which has always worked for me in the past, I was cool without the door. I have a lot of valuable tools and equipment in my garage and thought that limited access was a good thing anyway. I think that when the weather gets nice I am going to get that side door back to being functional.
Houngan
6321
Yeah. Best I understand it there’s enough mass and tension in there that if it release and hits you, it will dig a channel through whatever it hits, like taking off a limb or tearing through a ribcage. Respect the stored energy.
I’ve lived in LA for over twenty years and I don’t think it’s rained this hard my entire time here. If it has it’s been a while. Yeeeesh.
The great snowpocalypse wasn’t. At least, not here. After a steady but fairly moderate snowfall it stopped Thursday morning and barring a few flurries never really got going again. Instead, the temperature plummeted to sub-zero levels. For about the second time in my experience it got cold enough that the propane lines from the tank out back to the stove were affected. It took a few minutes for the flow of gas to be sufficient to run the burner to boil water for coffee this morning.
