Lights Get Brighter
By Sandy
@velvet53 (24417)
Palisade, Colorado
August 10, 2017 8:38pm CST
About this time every night my lights gets considerably brighter. I don't know what causes this. Is it the power company or faulty electric lines in the apartment. I do believe that I need to talk to the landlord about this.
The last thing I ned is for this place to catch on fire due to faulty wiring.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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11 Aug 17
You might need to check your wires they could be loose. Try googling it to see what the forums say.
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@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
11 Aug 17
@dgobucks226 Years ago I would of checked it myself but not any more.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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11 Aug 17
@velvet53 Very wise! From what I've read about it, I think it is connection related?
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
11 Aug 17
That is strange, at night time here when I put my fan on in the bedroom, it changes speeds and I know it is the electrical current. It does not do that in the daytime though. I am pretty sure it is not faulty wiring, rather some lack of surge or something..
But yes maybe ask the landlord.
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@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
11 Aug 17
@TiarasOceanView Yes, it does. I am the only one that has two doors to my apartment so that makes me feel much better. The girl next to me has a living room window and a tiny window in whar I would call the dining room area. She wouldn't have a chance if something happened as her bedroom is a ways from the door.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
11 Aug 17
@velvet53 Oh no that sound like something dangerous.
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@DaddyEvil (174419)
• United States
19 Aug 17
Ahhh... I believe I just found out what causes your lights to brighten considerably at 7 pm every evening, Velvet!
Cedar Rapids and several other towns/cities in your general area are set up to use Solar and Wind generated electricity mainly during daylight hours, with some surplus electricity being stored nearby. (The stored electricity is there for use on very cloudy, rainy or snowy days.) At 7 pm Cedar Rapids Utility station opens the lines to the main power junction that connects them to the power grid that gets it power from a dam.
There are circuits in the Utility Station that throttles down the amount of power the city can use so more power is directed to the storage cells. (I believe that the city can sell "excess" power to other communities.) That money goes into the General Fund for the city to do with as they determine fit.
Cedar Rapids is making SURE they have "excess" generated power to sell by throttling its own citizens power usage.
I do hope this explanation eases your worries.
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@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
20 Aug 17
@DaddyEvil No problem. I just chuckled about it. What you have told me makes a lot of sense. Now I don't have to worry about this place catching on fire from bad wiring or something. Thanks for relieving my mind.
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@DaddyEvil (174419)
• United States
20 Aug 17
@velvet53 Oops! My bad, Velvet! (I wonder how I got your city mixed up with Cedar Rapids? That is a bit of an odd jump in logic! OH! I did have to take my pain meds last night! I bet that's what got me! Sorry about that!)
I did get your city wrong, but I am correct that your city uses both solar panel arrays and wind mills to generate electricity for use by the city as well as for sale to the power grid there. (Just put your city name into the search box and add windmills and solar panels. You will get a lot of hits on both for that area of Colorado.)
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
11 Aug 17
Strange indeed that it gets brighter. I would check it out for sure
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@prashu228 (37518)
• India
11 Aug 17
That's strange , it may be due to faulty electric lines
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
11 Aug 17
Maybe you should talk to the management, it can also be the bulbs they might be running out.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Aug 17
Yes I would have that checked out.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
11 Aug 17
That's kind of scary! I remember, when I was in college, we always had a second of flickering or darkness at 7:00 because that was when the small town switched from its own electricity to a neighboring city source.
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